Personal Narrative-Argentina Internship

I traveled to Nicaragua the summer before my senior year of high school, and it changed my perspective on many things in life. It was crazy that I went to serve them, but I had no idea what to expect when I got there. The people I met were the most grateful people I had ever met and despite the little they had, they managed to be some of the genuine people I met as well. I knew that one day I would use my medical experience to give back to this community, and it is an honor to know I can use this summer to make that happen.

When I was going to English school in Toronto, I had an opportunity to go to a Colombian restaurant because there was only one Colombian in my class, meaning that most of them were from Asia.

Through the internship, I experienced growth in my knowledge of business. Prior to interning, I have always had the goal of operating my own retail store. I recognized that if I had decided to take on the risk of my business venture before actually seeing the ins and outs of a retail store such as Dillard’s, I may have lacked the beneficial knowledge that I have acquired from the experience to be successful.

Never did I expect to want to leave the comfort of my small Jewish summer camp in Utica, Mississippi, where I have spent the past seven summers. However, last March while flipping through pamphlets describing opportunities to experience Spanish culture, I changed.

In my first year at Dominican, my leadership skills will help the community as I try new activities and take on new challenges. To show leadership I strive to take on new experiences because I would like to fit into my new community but also stand out. For example, I wasn't very confident in greeting new people so I made a change and I signed up for student ambassador and now I am a student ambassador coach and this is my third year. Where I gave sponsors a tour and welcomed new visitors. I learned how to greet people formally while giving them an experience in my community that will be remembered. That helped me extremely and I was able to spread the uniqueness of my School. I also would like to start a

I stepped off the bus eager to see what my ten day trip would entail, but I quickly wondered what I had gotten myself into as broken glass lined the perimeter of the hotel. Once the sun rose, the streets of Ecuador looked a little less intimidating than the night before. Now I found myself nervous to see if my three years of Spanish education would have prepared me for this experience. Throughout my trip, I was able to learn more than I ever thought I could about the language and culture of Ecuador, and I also gained a new perspective. I never expected a Spanish trip to have such an impact on my life.

In the fall of my freshman year, I began an internship with Children Beyond Our Borders, Inc. (CBOB), a nonprofit organization dedicated to providing at-risk youth in Latin America and Central Florida with access to equal opportunities for education. My involvement with CBOB has grown immensely since then: I now also serve as an officer for their UF student chapter, volunteer with children in their local program, and work with students in Colombia every summer through their Bound for Peace program. In October, I was awarded “CBOBer of the Year” for my all-around commitment.

To this day, for 15 years, I have travel every summer to Chile to visit family, but it made me realize that not everybody got the same quality of education as I did. This motivated me since my freshman year of high school to volunteer (over 750 hours) in an impoverished Chilean school teaching students K-12 English through creative techniques, games, and art forms. For example, I helped coordinate the English Festival, a week-long event where every class made a presentation (play, poem, skit, etc.) in English. I specifically helped each student learn his or her presentation until he/she felt confident and ready to perform. Additionally, during some of the recesses, the students and I would sit in a circle to play a word game where they would

I'm a very open person because I don't feel the need to hide who I am , but people may not know about me is that i love to travel , I've been in 3 road trips around the United states and to three different countries I want to Colombia three times, Honduras once and Mexico two times. All of my trips have been different. I always learn something new about the culture. Honestly the idea of being able to go back to your roots is amazing, you get to see how different their daily routines are compared to ours. It actually makes you appreciate life and family more. Not everyone as fortunate as us Americans so it really is and I opening experience and for that I feel blessed for what I have today.

I spent my first year at Dordt as a Spanish minor and had always wanted to check out Amistad Cristiana, but I let go of this dream after I switched my minor. I really miss taking Spanish classes, which contributes to why I found my experience at Amistad Cristiana to be so interesting. I only know enough Spanish to hold a basic conversation, which is completely different from the full theological discourse in which I could only make out enough bits and pieces to get a generalized idea of what was going on. I almost wish that I would have attended a service in a language that I was completely ignorant of, because finding myself in the middle range of understanding yet not understanding the language made the service stimulate my brain more than my heart when it came to thinking in terms of Spanish rather than theology. I spent the first half of the service without using one of the personal radios that transmitted an English translation of the speaking through an earpiece. When I decided to wear the translator, however, I still found myself not paying attention to it and preferring to attempt to take in the Spanish.

About four weeks ago, I entered a giveaway done by a travel company. The giveaway was three round trip plane tickets to Chile. I’m extremely nervous to know if I won or not, seeing as I’ve been waiting for about four weeks to find out the final results. We were notified that every applicant would receive an envelope in the mail today, March 13th, 2017, to tell us if we won or not. It’s only 10 in the morning, and the mailman doesn’t come until about one in the afternoon, so I’ll be waiting for a few more hours.

It was a gleaming Tuesday morning, and first period I had my first Spanish class since I’d been gone on my two week trip. Scared out of my wits (for I had not reviewed the conjugations of estár), I stepped into the classroom, knees knocking as Mr. Copen stared me down. “Good morning, Ms. Ward,” he nodded, grinning, “shall we start off your first class back with a game of estár Family Feud?” As the class was cheering and sprinting to their places in line, I held back for the fear I might faint; this was it, this was the death of me. The line grew shorter and shorter as Kaci and I walked closer and closer together until we finally reached our two bells. Mr. Copen knew very well that I had not reviewed, and chose to give us the hardest conjugation,

For the past 16 weeks, I was Norton Healthcare’s Child Life Intern in Louisville, Kentucky. I received a thorough and comprehensive clinical education through my internship experience. I completed three rotations at two separate hospitals. At Norton Children’s Hospital, I completed a 6-week rotation on the medical-surgical unit and a 4-week rotation in the pediatric emergency department. At Norton Women’s and Children’s Hospital, I completed a 6-week rotation covering all units, even the adult units. I had one manager, two coordinators, and three preceptors, one of whom was one of my coordinators. In fact, I was Norton Healthcare’s first Association of Child Life Professional’s (ACLP) accredited intern. As an ACLP accredited internship site,

As a child, I was plagued with sickness; from ambulance rides to hospital visits, a large portion of my childhood involved doctors, nurses, needles, and hospitals. Ages one to seven consisted solely of Croup, Stridor, atypical seizures, broken bones, Bell’s palsy, tumors-- the history is colorful. My sicknesses

My goal at Spain Park is to get involved in as many extracurricular activities as possible while still maintaining my grades. I'm a member of BEST Robotics, Engineering Academy, UNICEF, GMAC, B.R.I.D.G.E, Girl-Up, and captain of the girl’s Tennis Team. GMAC, the Girls Minority Achievement Council, is a club for minority girls that achieve academic excellence.the product of the United Nation Foundation’s adolescent girl campaign, Girl-Up gives girls in developing countries equal opportunities for education, a healthy violence-free life, plus social and economic abilities. UNICEF, United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund, focuses on protecting the rights and well-being of children around the globe. Engineering Academy, a class