My Personal Statement On My Life

My vision as an undergraduate student of the Haskayne School of Business (HSB) is to become a well-rounded influential leader and equip myself with a set of skills and values that will enhance me as an individual in my career. Thus, my goal is to succeed academically and socially, graduating with a distinction and having built strong relationships.

I believe I am an appropriate candidate for the role of a prefect due to my empathetic and reliable nature. In the previous months, I volunteered in a Science mentoring course run by the Mulberry School’s Science Department. This invaluable opportunity enhanced my desire of helping and supporting the younger pupils for their academic success. Therefore, I am determined that I will be able to maintain and build a stronger relationship with the lower school students through the role of a prefect. Furthermore, this year, I was also involved in the Youth Conference organised my Mulberry. This was an immensely inspirational event allowed me to develop my teamwork and organisational skills, which are two extremely essential abilities for a suitable

Pursing a career as a medical doctor is an opportunity for me to mentor youth in underserved populations. As a child, I was raised in the low income, urban community of Roxbury, MA. Although not as notorious today, the neighborhood had garnered negative attention for its high crime rates. My mother emigrated from Haiti and raised me as a single parent. Due to our financial circumstance, Roxbury became our permanent residence. I have always felt there was something lacking in Roxbury in comparison to other towns I visited. My teenage years were largely spent in the suburban town of Stoneham where I attended high school. There was a literal difference in air quality and a psychology contrast in future prospects. While native students of

There are few certainties of what one will encounter during life. A common joke names two: death and

I have been a communications officer in FCR for 8yrs, I was also a special constable for 7yrs, during my time as a comms officer I have progressed through call taking and dispatching. Last year I was successfully promoted to scale 5 and have been working as a senior comms officer since that time. I am a tutor and have tutored 9 new members of staff on call taking and dispatch and 2 others on the ANPR desk. I am fully trained in ANPR, VODS, recruitment and selection interviewing and as an acting supervisor. I am also the health and safety SPOC along with first aid and fire marshal for FCR a role I volunteered to take on alongside my normal duties. I have completely rewritten the health and safety book to bring it up to date, I have

Since an early age my passion has always been to help others. In every aspect of my educational career and in my jobs, I have always determined that helping someone is the goal. Helping people is a goal that can be achieved in any work field regardless of what one does. For the last five years, I have volunteered for a non-profit organization named “Hogar de Ninos: Semillas de Fe” (translates to “A Home for Children: Seeds of Faith”). In this organization, a group of young adults have traveled to the Dominican Republic once a year for a period of two weeks each trip. Our goal is to help the impoverished children. These children have been exposed to countless traumatic events including being physically, emotionally, and sexually abused. The organizations mission consists of helping develop these children

Stepping on to my high school’s campus for the first time, I felt a little nervous, a bit excited and very clueless. I rushed to my friends who were conveniently standing near the entrance; almost as to feel safe. The transition from middle school to high school meant very much to me. I entered high school knowing that it was my chance to finally work towards reaching my goal of attending college; it was the chance life had privileged me with. Looking back it all now, It was a change I didn't feel prepared for, yet, I regret very little and glad I worked as hard as I did.

I thrive on gaining knowledge. Even now, as a non-traditional student and busy mother to two young children, learning excites me. As an 18-year-old in Germany, I began a 10-year career as a military analyst that honed my ability to think critically, pay attention to detail, and visualize holistic solutions to unique problems. However, I spent my free time riding a bike along The Rhine searching for a quiet space to settle in with the wisdom of books such as The Art of Happiness and The Elegant Universe. There, on those riverbanks, I discovered within myself an innate curiosity of the mind and the fundamental nature of the world.

If I were to choose an intended audience to target, my choice would be adolescents currently attending high school. High school students in this day and age have their plates full to the brim. With all the classes they are required to take, the pile of homework they’re assigned each night, and the extracurricular activities they’ve signed up for, it’s no wonder that they don’t have much time to think about the future. Despite having full schedules, I believe that a modern home economics, or life skills class, would be worth freeing up time for. My plan would be to create an impactful video and several different flyers to promote my idea and maximize its reach. The video would be distributed through social media platforms such as Facebook,

When I first moved to the United States, one of the things that confused me the most about Americans was their apparent lack of hospitality. It was almost astounding the way our neighbors were so inhospitable to those around them. They did not converse with anyone on the block nor did they give out the feeling of wanting to converse with anyone. The only friendly people there were the Filipino families next to our house and the one four houses down from ours. I loved my culture because as a kid, I grew up being taught to respect everyone around you and always be kind and caring. It was taught to me by my grandparents, my parents, my teachers, and my peers. The Filipino sense of hospitality is, in my opinion, one the the best things in the

I was born in a military hospital in Wurzburg, Germany. My father was a captain in the U.S. Army and my mother was a homemaker. I spent the first several years of my life living on an American military base, and attending German schools. My brother and I had many friends both native to Germany, and from the U.S. My father was often deployed; so many times it was just the three of us. My mother was very active in our lives, teaching us to ride bikes, taking us to school plays, and reading to us at night.

Now I’ve started a new life, I will not feel small or follow others steps. Each people in this world is different I just need to find what really suits me. Other people may become a doctor, a teacher, a scientist, or a lawyer. But I’m happy just as a hotelier and chef to be, I made people happy with my service and my food. I will become someone with my own way and I want to encourage people out there. That you don’t need to feel small just because you cannot reach the standard society has made, embrace yourself find what will made you someone in the future, no matter how long it takes for you to realize. What important is your own happiness and don’t regret anything in the

Ever since I was about 5 years old my parents would always drag me out to the orange groves in order to produce money to help support the family. Every time I began to complain they would advise me that if I wish to avoid this kind of life that I better put forward all I have in school to advance to college and live a better life. My primary goal is to indulge the college experience to learn and mold me into a man prepared to succeed at all he does. My parents inserted the right values into me and chiseled hard work into my DNA. Now it’s time to earn my bachelor’s degree in sports management and hopefully double major with a degree in sports marketing as well. My goal is to become a person ready to inspire and aid a myriad of people on my trail

I was sitting on my couch when my world fell apart. She sent me a text, They found out. I’m so sorry.

My life in America started with a couple of unfortunate events that changed me profoundly. In the first six months in this country, I learned to be resilient, innovated and decisive. Thanks to those experiences I was prepared to achieve my American Dream. Before I moved to this country, I was a studious girl, that owned a small cloth shop in a town in the middle of the jungle. I could only dream of having a successful career. It was very unlikely that a girl from the Choco, the poorest and least developed state in Colombia, could graduate with honor from a school like Villanova. And even less likely that I could become the only Latina and the only black woman in the legal, engineering team of a 12 billion dollar company, that is considered one of the top companies for work-life balance. The US has given me all opportunities and all the tools to succeed.