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Multiculturalism Personal Statement

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Another goal of mine is to be able to practice cultural humility, a term I learned in a multiculturalism course in my undergrad. I plan to work with as many populations as I can throughout my career. I have my biases and generalizations of people and I want to be able to address them in a diverse classroom environment before going into the work field.
I am most interested in working with and learning about Children, Youth and Women during my advanced year of study. Specifically with adolescents because of my plans to work in the CSEC field. The average ages of entry for females, males and transgender youth is from 14 to 17 years old (Brantley, 2016). I would like to be an advocate for this population because, generally, the voices of adolescents are not often heard and they are a vulnerable group, even more so when they are victims of CSEC and the victim blaming that comes along with it.
I am a first generation Mexican-American student coming from a low socioeconomic background. I have been fortunate enough to have experiences with people from cultures different from myself while at internship and at university. At Alhambra Unified School District, a majority of their students are of Asian background so I have gotten …show more content…

In the school setting, in order to restrain a student, that person needs to have gone to a training in order to be certified, which I knew both principal and teacher were not. I was unsure if it was something I should speak to my supervisor about but the certification protects both the student and school if someone were to get injured during the restraint. I spoke with my supervisor who stated she would speak to her own about the situation. I did not want to get anyone in trouble but I knew this safety precaution was placed for a reason. Now if this client has to be restrained again, someone who is certified will do it

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