Personal Narrative: A Career As An Entry-Level Environmental Scientist

My effort to serve my community have been an immensely important area that I always try to expand on. From my hundred and seventy service hours, I have learned that giving back even in small amounts positively affects the lives of the people involved. My favorite memories of serving my local area is during the special NJROTC ceremonies when I am able to see the wonderful faces of veterans and military families when we present the colors or the veteran with a flag. Through school, I have been able to see the faces of incoming freshmen in my workroom mature into the present sophomores and the students today. In my church, I am apart of the Ushering team which assists with the service every few weeks. Through this, I am able to see the bright

Through volunteering I began to learn the struggles that plow my city, I learned about homelessness, climate change, and the high numbers of animals put down yearly. Through my service I got the chance to meet Harry Reid, Dina Titus, and other congressmen in Washington D.C. I learned to come out of my shell more and step up for others who aren’t heard and along the way I discovered my passion in life, helping

My team and I was starting to play the game and we were up to bat first. I was the sixth in line to bat so it felt like forever for me to bat and once you're up there and the ball is coming at you, you just want to run away from the ball. When I hit the ball I ran as fast as i could and i could feel the wind carry me to first base. Then it was our turn to field and once you're out there you can just feel the tasteless dirt in your mouth. When you make a good play it makes you feel all good inside.

As I sat at the long table in a classroom with over a thousand kids, I was ready to start the state science test that I had worked so hard to study for. As I nervously sat there waiting, it dawned on me that this, science and chemistry, is what I wanted to do for the rest of my life.

Since January 2014, I have retired from the military/federal government position where I spent 36 plus years with 20-plus years in leadership positions. I was trained and performed duties in Military Occupational Specialty (MOS) position as Facility Manager, Carpentry/Brick Mason Specialist, Supply, Light Wheel Vehicle Mechanic, Instructor and Human Resources

discharge, and been active in the scouts with Christopher. I have had missions to foreign

ANSWER- “Three major deployments and one short term deployment. My first was Operation Desert Storm. It started off in Kuwait and then we moved to Iraq. I was gone about eight months and that was in 1990-1991. My second one was my short term deployment to Africa and we were gone about forty-five days. We were there to support a local population because their water was contaminated. The third deployment which was my second major deployment was in 2005-2006 to Iraq. I was there just under a year. I was supposed to be there a year but I had an injury and they sent me home a month and a half early. Then the last one before I retired was to Afghanistan and that was for thirteen months. I left December 2007 and I came home in January 2009.”

During my 15 years of existence I have had numerous experiences that have expanded my enthusiasm and desire for the endless field of knowledge that is STEM, but two experiences stand out the most. Perhaps the earliest experience I’ve had with STEM was wandering the halls of my parent’s veterinary clinic to come upon an open white room full of surgical tools and machines. It was in this well lit room that I was first brought into the STEM world by my mother doing a splenectomy (as she later explained to me). Pushed back at first by my own intimidation, I slowly walked forward in interest. With the explanation from my mother, my interest for information regarding the veterinary field grew. I constantly asked questions about surgery and what it

My initial Ecological Footprint done on May 25,2016 If everyone on the planet lived like me we would need 5.7 Earths to provide enough resources. It takes 25.4 acres ignorer to support my lifestyle. In order to drop my footprint by 0.4 I decided to only eat meat once a week and also to recycle daily items that I use for example water bottles and other plastics I also plan to car pool or maybe even walk to places when I can the following places I would most likely car pool or walk to would be library, gacory store, family events, park, and also the gym all these places are pretty close to me living in the Macedonia community.

Freshman year of high school I joined the Environmental Club. It started out with just five members who would do the school's recycling. With over 2,500 student and faculty members at my school, it was like doing the recycling for a small community. While recycling is great, our club wanted to make a larger impact in our town. We have since started volunteering at the local watershed to educate kids on important environmental issues, created no-idling campaigns, hosted multiple environmentally friendly concerts, and are working on getting solar panels put on the schools in our district. The Environmental Club now has over 25 active members. Through the growth of Environmental Club, I realized many students are interested in protecting our environment,

I retired from the U.S. Navy in 2005 after serving 20 years. While working with the U.S Navy, I was provided with the opportunity to work at multiple overseas locations, Puerto Rico, Naples, and Manama Bahrain in support of U.S International Operations. As a Military Police and Prison Guard, my duties included managing daily operations and briefings for three Admirals regarding personnel, ships, submarines, and aircraft 's. Addition missions performed where various duties in regard to tracking aircraft activity during Counterdrug Operations.

In the United States, fracking and resulting injection wells are considered to be seriously contentious environmental issues because of how they add damage to water resources and the resulting effects on citizens that arise. A major question that one might ask from this is what is an injection well and how does it apply to how we define water pollution in 2018? The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) defines an injection well (UIC) as “a bored, drilled, or driven, shaft who’s depth is greater than the width; or an improved sinkhole; or a subsurface fluid distribution system. (EPA 1)” For the purpose of this study, the focus will be on wastewater injection wells, specifically in Oklahoma and Texas. According to the EPA, injection wells have

I work for the Environmental Protection Agency Region 8 in Denver, Colorado. My current position is Physical Scientist (Environmental) for the Underground Injection Control (UIC) unit. My areas of focus in the UIC team are Class V Wells and Class II Permitting on Uintah and Ouray Indian Reservation in Utah. I write and review Class II underground injection permits. I help facilities in authorizing Class V wells that are not

Unique opportunities such as deploying during the first days of military combat in Iraq, and seeing the direct impact of war, has changed my life, that has molded me into the person that I am today. I Joined the Army as an Intelligence Analyst and later reclassified to become a Military Police Officer. My reputation as an intelligent, articulate, resourceful, and dedicated professional who strives for excellence in all his endeavors. Will complement my passion as a self-starter, and exemplify my abilities as a community leader. Combined with previous military law enforcement experience will make me an asset to any profession.

I have been trained to become a chemist since the first year of my high school. This is a challenging career, requiring analytical thinking, attention to details, and adaptability. It is also a well-paying and promising career. However, chemistry is not what I have always dreamt of doing the rest of my life. As someone who is concerned about the development of sub-Saharan Africa, I came to a conclusion that what this region needs is not only scientists but also people who know and understand leadership and international affairs. In this paper, I compare my strengths and abilities to the qualities that one should have in order to excel as a chemist and a diplomat.