MPA Personal Statement

I have applied to the Master’s degree in Nursing program for Spring 2018, and I'm particularly interested in enrolling in the Pediatric Nurse Practitioner Acute Care track. I have almost 10 years of clinical experience working as a Registered Nurse in the pediatric hospital setting; am a Certified Pediatric Emergency Nurse (CPEN) and Pediatric Nurse (CPN); have certifications in ENPC, TNCC, ACLS, PALS, and BLS; and currently work in a leadership position as Patient Flow Supervisor. The opportunity to apply my skills and experience in the PNP program is an exciting prospect, and will greatly assist in achieving my career goal as a Pediatric Nurse Practitioner. I have a strong clinical background; however, my main concern in acceptance to a Graduate

Volunteering has not only made the lives of people around me better, but it has also immensely changed me. By learning about the importance of public service at a young age I am better equipped to do bigger and better things later in my life just as Senator Hart did. I am extremely blessed to be where I am in life and I feel that the Philip A. Hart Memorial Scholarship will be the catalyst in furthering my education and life of public

In order to achieve my career goals, I have to study and internalize the current developments and new policy strategies in public administration, and political applications in different geographical areas of the world. A Master's Degree will grant me the necessary theoretical understanding, and will also provide me with an in depth idea of realistic approaches in decision-making process and research skills to allow me develop exceptional ideas. I would like to discover facts about various areas such as health administration, leading health problems in developed and developing countries, global health

The most significant impact I have made in public service/policy has been working with Inspire Arizona. Inspire Arizona is a nonpartisan non-profit program that focuses on registering newly eligible voters, specifically high school juniors, and seniors. The organization is trying to increase voter registration among young people and making sure students build a habit of voting very early in their young life. This summer I had the experience of participating in a political campaign. I canvassed for Athena Salman who is running for House in the Arizona Legislature in District 26. This is my first real world experience in public service

During my medical education, I had the opportunity to do two separate electives in PM&R. My first elective was at Kaiser Permanente Hospital working under the supervision of Dr. Michael Jaffe; a well-known PM&R physician. While working closely with Dr. Jaffe on many different and interesting cases, I was further drawn to the field of PM&R, especially due to the complex and varied nature of human musculoskeletal diseases, and PM&R’s wide spectrum of musculoskeletal disease pathologies, which involve many patient populations spanning from the younger to the older generations. This experience was both intellectually challenging and personally fulfilling, especially being able to establish extended relationships with patients, work collaboratively with other medical providers such as physical therapists and occupational therapists, to deliver skillful and thoughtful care to a diverse patient population, to develop new diagnostic and therapeutic modalities, and to pursue the understanding of the underlying pathophysiological events of musculoskeletal diseases so as to help patients transition back to accomplishing their activities of daily living. With this comprehensive perspective in mind, the PM&R specialty has become a very fascinating, challenging and fulfilling career path. For these reasons, I decided to further my goal of pursuing a specialization in PM&R, and continued

218,390 dollars, the staggering amount of money raised my sophomore and junior year through SMAC. SMAC, or Stillwater Makes A Change, is an annual week long charitable fundraiser led by Stillwater high school students. Being a part of SMAC, through things as simple as constructing decorations, and attending events to helping organize a color run in my senior year, has given me an appreciation and awareness of the impact that everyday people can have on their communities and people in need. It is this appreciation and awareness that drives me to change the world for the better, specifically in a way that reflects my passions and talents.

LSPA would be a wonderful opportunity for me because of the opportunity it presents to open a new world of journalism and media. To be able to grow as a person and increase my leadership and communication skills would be incredible. I have a passion for writing, drawing, and spreading the word about issues and events that I care about. My creativity can be shown through the Talented Art program I have been in for nine years, and my dedication. I care about issues around the world and locally, shown through organizations I am part of such as Key Club, and the Mayor's Youth Advisory Council. My dedication and commitment to what I believe in would make me a worthy candidate as one of the spots selected for the scholarship for LSPA. Getting a more

As a first generation Mexican-American from a low-income community in West Phoenix, my circle of opportunity has minimized, in relation to higher education and civic participation. Dealing with higher education in Arizona, for every 100 high school freshmen, only 19 will enroll in a four-year university, and only 9 will become university graduates. As for civic participation, Arizona ranks at the bottom of nearly every measurement. Arizona is 47th in the nation when it comes to voting in local elections, and ranked 41st in volunteering. When considering the facts of Arizona’s higher education and civic participation, these topics really hit home and ignited my ambitions within the public service field. One of the ways I am currently improving

In today’s modern technologically-centric world, we take so many things for granted and a lot of them we don’t even blink an eye too--- until it’s far too late then we panic and have mass media hysteria over it. For being so technologically-centric we are oblivious and sometimes even blind to the inherent risks. To say that my goal in applying for the MSIA degree is to protect the confidentiality, security, and integrity of the world’s data may be a bit over zealous. On the other hand, to say that the MSIA degree will help me do my part in protecting the world’s data is a bit more reasonable. I hope to gain vital insight on auditing information systems, assessing the legal implications of an incident, assisting in developing a risk-based secure enterprise-level solution that enables an organization's business processes to function in spite of increasing threats, and most importantly achieving the ability to see the world from an attacker's point of view.

As a child, I quickly discovered that I possessed an interest in working in law enforcement, which grew into a passion as I grew into an adult. I actively continue to study police cases from all over the nation, in addition to analyzing patterns for successfully solving similar cases. It is my desire to turn this passion into a career, and I believe an internship with MPD is a key piece to making that dream a reality. I would be honored to work with one of the nation’s most well-respected departments by aiding to keep Washington DC safe from a variety of threats.

There are opportunities that are always available. However, it your responsibility to take advantage of those opportunities offered to you. They will never be handed to you.

My contribution to this course could be: I’m not sure what I can contribute to this course. I can contribute some “real-world” knowledge as I’m 27 and have been working for nearly 13 years. I work in a factory where I see everything from bad posture to poor body mechanics, which can all relate to the PTA curriculum. I can contribute my opinion on problems I see every day that relate to the PTA curriculum. I can contribute the values that I was raised to adhere to, truthfulness, loyalty, respect etc. I can contribute to conversations within the classroom. I can also help students who seem like they are struggling to the best of my abilities. I can also contribute my willingness to learn in hopes that it will motivate the other students around

I became a PMI member in 2008 and one year after got my PMP certification. I started not being conscious of the enormous value of PMI, but sometime after, I realized that PMI changed my life, my profession and my definition of project management. Soon, I became a member of PMI Bogota and started participating in initiatives to promote project management in my region. Although I have not lived in Bogota and the chapter was more oriented to centralized activities in that city, I continued supporting the Bogota chapter and participated as volunteer for some activities.

A level studies has really developed my in-depth understanding in PE and really made my decision clearer that I would like to pursue my career in sports science at university. Since the beginning of GCSEs, Physical Education has always been my favourite subjects out of the four that I’d chose. After gaining more knowledge and pick up a top to bottom comprehension of the physical side of PE, but also the theory. Also seeing my grandparent getting older and all the diseases they’ve encountered, the theory aspect of PE appeals to me greatly as it aids me to be very aware of the importance of exercise and the related issues of diet and fitness on the prevention of injury or sickness in the body. Both of parents works for a lot of hours during a

Through my personal and work experiences, I have had an opportunity to develop and strengthen my core values. These core values are duty, resourcefulness, change, and commitment. In this reflection paper, I will first identify my core values as I currently see them, and provide information as to their background, third define my current career goals, and lastly, explain how these core values and my pursuit of a Master 's in Public Administration at DePaul University School of Service call on to my current career goals.