1. What are your educational and career goals and what steps are you taking to reach them?
I have an understanding the education is the key to the success I want for myself. Considering
the background I came from I take education very serious. I have high dreams and goals I want
to accomplish. I want to be a figure within my community; however, unfortunately credibility is
a very important aspect of life. My desire to become the first doctor in my family will not only
give me the tittle and credibility I desire, but also set the standard of living for my future
family.
What Challenges have you overcome in the pursuit of your education goals and what have you
learned in overcoming these challenges?
As a child being placed from home to home made it difficult to excel with my education. I had a
tremendous amount of behavior problems due to depression and separation from family;
however, I always maintain decent grades considering all the odds stacked against me! Though
out early grade school I went to a private school until 6 grade. I was placed in special-education.
I overcame the special educational system in the transition to high school. During high school
were some of the happiest times of my life. I've always been involved with school functions and
groups. School was a way fore to feel like a normal kid.
A Challenge that I ever day and I feel like I'm overcoming is my low vision. I don't say I'm
blind; however, I was told by the time I turned 21 the chances of me not having sight from my
disease would be very high. I have never accepted that fact. I have overcame so much more in
my life I have yet to mention, but I am destined to be great. I have created so many opportunity
for myself and my community. If I were to feel sorry for myself, I would never accomplished the
high goals I've set for myself. ,
What possible challenges or obstacles do you foresee in your educational goals? How are you to
deal with them?
I have a tremendous amount of support around me, if I fail it will be all my fault. I know exactly
what I want to do in life. I have a plan, set goals, high standard that I work towards every day. I
feel I have to work 10 times harder than anyone I know; nevertheless I relish the challenge. I feel
any things that wroth anything is difficult to obtain; however, once you reach those goals you set
that are so high will be the greatest feeling in the world. Then like any other person who has
reached that success they have imagined for themselves, I will ask myself "what else can I
accomplish".
I'll conclude with a personal message.
"Everything that is in your past will always be in your past thus why we call this history!
Something that Constant is our future, which is what we should be excited about simple because
that all we have to control". I have taken control of my life and I'm shaping it in a way I could
only have imagined!!