Getting My Master's in Business Administration

I am the product of divorced parents, who struggled with substance abuse, but that does not define me. My childhood consisted of poverty-stricken environments; however, I refused to let that dictate the outcome of my life. At the age of ten, I had to assume the role of a fatherly figure to my three siblings, so I missed out on the conventional childhood most would have had. I grew up in east Bakersfield where substance abuse, gangs and criminal acts of violence were a pervasive occurrence, and I resiliently avoided the peer pressures to conform to their way of life. From the ages of 11 to 15, I would work for my grandfather at the local swap meet on the weekends so that I could help my mother make ends meet. I received my worker 's permit at the age of 15, which elevated my ability to help my mother financially as now I earned a set wage. I worked the maximum hours allowed as a minor while balancing my academics and extracurricular school activities at school. Although faced with much adversity early on in life, I managed to be a scholar triathlete in high school and was accepted to California State University, Bakersfield after graduating from Foothill High. I was determined and excited to be the first college graduate in my family, as I understood the economic importance of this achievement. Sadly, after my freshman year of attending the university, I had to put my educational endeavors on hold to assist my mother and siblings further financially.

Growing up in poverty was difficult, not being able to buy the school yearbook or a book from the book fair. As I got older I made a promise to myself that no matter what I would not live like that as an adult. I would be successful in life. Neither of my parents went to college, I think because of that I grew up in not an ideal setting. All of my school career I have worked for my end goal to be happy. Along my journey there have been some speed bumps. In 8th grade I was diagnosed with clinical depression. I stopped trying no matter how hard I wanted to succeed. By the summer before 11th grade I was doing (good) I was taking my sat and going to graduate a year eary. When school started back up I realized I was getting worse. I went the first

As a child, I never realized the obstacles my family went through and why they wanted me to be the best student at the school. My parents tried their best in sheltering me from the truth but I always knew we were struggling financially. Growing up, I witnessed my parents struggle to find jobs and a stable house

My mother worked four jobs at once to make financial ends meet, while always stressing the importance of education and financial independence to my brother and myself. My grandmother only achieved a second grade education due to the financial constraints on her family at a young age, but still in the end managed to make certain that of her children and grandchildren had what was needed to flourish and become successful, educated members of the community. The tenacity and history of these two women I still carry with me today. Their struggles have inspired to me to only want more from life, but also serve as a positive role model for the younger members of my community. I observed from other family members how an education can open a multitude of doors and opportunities. I want to make the biggest and most significant on my community and on my family as possible, and the only foreseeable path is to achieve a college education to gain the necessary skills, knowledge and connections needed to flourish and implement positive

From the time I was born until the age of twelve, my family struggled with the basic necessities of life. My father worked endless hours in a factory, and yet somehow came home with a smile on his face. As a young kid, I never knew we were struggling. The thought had never occurred to me. As I got older I started to realize that my single father was working his life away to care and provide for his two little girls. He completely put aside his well-being because as long as his girls were cared for, nothing else mattered. Life was never easy, but as a young adult today, I have come to accept that my background has been a prerequisite for greatness, for it is our backgrounds that define who we are. The way we are raised, the way we are taught to believe, and the way we are taught to act, make us who we are today.

In my early childhood years I grew up very poor; eating mostly beans, cornbread, and ramen. I grew up seeing how a lower education can affect your life and your children, that why from a young age I knew I wanted a stable future where I knew my children would be able to have a happy life. And with that goal I knew I would either have to get a higher education, somehow land a well paying job early on, or serve in the military. With the beginning of high school I lost sight of my goal not really thinking

Applying and figuring out to how to pay for college was something I did with no help because my parents never went to college but my motivation and drive pushed me to make my dreams come to true and I am currently a student at Rutgers University - New Brunswick Campus. My motivation to succeed at study is my immigrant parents who left everything they knew to give me the future they knew they would never have.As the oldest of six my motivation is my family and their struggles. I motivate myself to do the very best I can to ensure that I give myself and parents a better life, a life they could have never imagined. My parents came from Palestine, a third world country and they currently i na first world country still so poor they cannot afford

My mother, a very well educated woman and single parent, fought as hard as she could to provide me with the kind of education that could pull me away from the dead ends that every other young person fell into. So she worked double shifts, two jobs, and found a side hustle wherever she could to keep me in private schools miles away. The sorts of schools that still had arts funding while in out neighborhood that money had long been taken away.

During high school my mother suffered from two minor strokes, a benign brain tumor; she still has slight paralysis. When this occurred during my junior year of high school my grades didn't turn out as well as I wanted them to. I made my mother's well-being my main focus. I knew that my half-brother wouldn't be able to help take care of my mother since he worked and lived in Texas. I took on the responsibility to take care of her and the two flat income property that we live in. I still take care of her presently and that is why I chose to attend Oakton Community College, until her health stabilized. I have been able to stay focused at Oakton with the help of the staff at Oakton and my mother’s health improvements. I have learned from the faculty

When I was in my freshmen year I lost my mother to long battle with cancer. After the loss of my: carer, mentor, cheerleader, and friend I was left devastated. I loss focus for the year and ultimately was defeated. After healing I challenged school once more at full force and took every honors, AP, and college in high school I could. Now at the end of my high school career I finish on the honors roll and have several college credits already under my belt. I am aiming to Bachelor’s degree in computer science, a field I love, in Slippery Rock university.

Unfortunately, life events caused setbacks in pursing my education and finishing on the right time. As a teenager in a foreign land all alone without a family and undocumented, life was unbearable. I was working so hard to solicit funds to pay for my rent and tuition; I was paying tuition out of pocket as I did not qualify

My mother grew up in a ‘working poor’ family with five brothers and sisters. She was the only one of her siblings to move up the social ladder. Her brother is a door-to-door salesman. She was the only one to get any amount of college education. She has an Associate’s Degree in Computer Science. Both her parents dropped out of school in 8th grade. Most of her siblings did not graduate from high school. She was able to move up the social ladder because she earned a valuable education.

Growing up I did not have to face many hardships that would affect my education or the way that I would view the world around me. I played basketball for my High School for all four years and for an off-campus Armature Athletic Union for eight years, meanwhile I was a dedicated member of Girl Scouts and my High Schools Future Farmers of America organization or FFA. With in all of the extracurricular activities I always had someone pushing me to do better and constantly improve myself. My coaches would push me to be a better athlete and an even better student, my Girl Scout leader would stress that I be a better influence on society, and my FFA advisor was the most influential of all of my High School mentors, she made me want to be a better

And although my life was not void of other struggles, I do recognize the fact I grew up quite privileged. This privilege means that in comparison to others I do not have to go through the financial struggle in my future when trying to get an education and live on my own. The means are greatly lessened since my parents have given me opportunities to discover my passion, set up a savings account for me when I was a child , and taught me the importance of saving.

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