Personal Narrative: My Career Paths At Goldman

On September 14th, Temple University welcomed a very incredible lady, Wanda Benventti. Benvenutti is a photojournalist, writer, and photo editor. However, most importantly she is a woman that truly loves and is passionate about her Puerto Rican culture. I had the opportunity to watch her present her project, that she has been working on for 18 years. My goal as a journalist, is to become a photojournalist. Therefore, meeting Benvenutt gave me a sense of hope, that one day I will become a successful photojournalist. Watching her pictures flow by on the screen, gave me a sense of inspiration.

First I just want to point out the obvious and say that you have an enormous heart. It must be so hard for you meeting these inmates and seeing their potential and most times seeing them revert to their old ways. I think that has to be the most painful part of it all. I know your supervisor once told you “our mission can’t be affected by individual successes or failures.”- Alice Layton. Which is what kept you going. It’s true, but it doesn’t take the sad disappointing feelings away. It’s amazing what you do, but it’s also very hard emotionally. For that I salute you. I love how invested you truly are. That fact that they feel comfortable enough to speak to you about the crimes they have committed is insane. That just goes to show how committed you are to helping them better themselves. In addition to

I have accomplished lots of things in my lifetime. I have accomplished getting a job and getting my license to go to that job. I have accomplished working two jobs one is being a machinist and a referee.

Ask someone, and chances are, they’ll argue that health comes first. Doctors say it, parents repeat it, media promotes it, but in actuality, not many of those who suggest making health a priority can truly say that they’ve never jeopardized their health, whether that be through something as small as skimping on sleep or as big as stressing themselves out, for their job. While some might not consider it one, maintaining a certain BMI is another health benefit that goes neglected, especially in modeling, a career that carries the stigma of only consisting of starving girls who need to “eat a burger”. Luckily, I never had to worry about my weight mainly because I danced 22 hours a week, something I could maintain in middle school only because I was homeschooled. Once I started high school, however, I found it hard to stick to this rigorous schedule, so it wasn’t long

I never this project would have such a big impact on me and my co-wworkers. I also did not realize how one project can bring a community more closer than anyone in the community could imagine.

Throughout my undergraduate career at NYU, I was very active in my extracurricular activities. As the president of four clubs in high school, I couldn’t stand back in college. I became the secretary of Hindu Students Council during my second semester. My leadership abilities led me to become the vice president the following semester. As the vice president, I ran the club. I held the typical events, such as biannual prayers, discussion sessions, Diwali and Holi. Along with those events, I created new events to attract more members to the club and connect them with the core meaning of Hinduism. My contribution not only led to the success of HSC as an organization, but also strengthened the sense of community within NYU.

In the beginning, I didn't know much about USD, however over last summer, I took a tour at USD. While the campus is very beautiful, by meeting the tour guide and a couple of students, I was able to see how happy they were. I saw that they weren't just saying things to make USD look good, but they were talking about their personal experiences and how excited they were to have the opportunity to attend USD.

We haven't talked in a while so I thought I send you a quick e-mail. My life has been school, running, sleep, and music! School is going well like all my teachers (for the most part)! I haven't raced yet in cross country because I got sick a few week ago... I am just not getting over it, and I was supposed to have a meet on Saturday, but it was canceled due to horrible course conditions. I have been spending a lot of time producing music... Over this last summer, I got very serious about it. Realistically, I don't think it will be a career field for me, but you never know, and I really enjoy it. I've thought myself a lot, but I think I will be meeting with some actual audio engineers to learn even more. Right now music production

I am a recent graduate and licensed attorney from the University of Iowa College of Law and I am writing to apply for your open Assistant County Attorney position in the Woodbury County Attorney’s Office. During law school I gained extensive legal experience in Iowa with a focus on criminal law. I worked in the Des Moines Adult Public Defender’s Office, which gave me valuable insight into how criminal defense attorneys approach a case. More recently, I worked in the Linn County Attorney’s Office. I was able to manage my own caseload and further develop my trial skills. Working for the Linn County Attorney’s Office validated my purpose for going to law school, to become a criminal prosecutor. I thoroughly enjoyed working as a prosecutor

For the past two summers I had the pleasure of working with an amazing judge. Working with her was the best opportunity that I ever had. The judge’s accomplishments and how she has far she has come in her career especially being a minority, inspired me to believe that I can do anything I set my mind to and nothing can stop me. During my internship period I had the chance to study numerous court cases, file documents and more. Being the fact that I want to pursue a career as a lawyer, my experience at the Criminal Justice Center expanded my knowledge in my career choice and what I was getting myself into. It is one thing to know what you want to be when you grow up but being able to get a firsthand experience was truly memorable and inspirational.

There are many times in my life where my passion for something has clouded my judgment and lead me to make decisions very quickly. The most current example of this was this past fall when I was searching for an internship for the summer. I had been to the career fairs and received several interviews with different companies. The company that I have always wanted to work for is a pharmaceutical company called Eli Lilly. When I received the interview for this internship, I prioritized it over all other interviews and did not prepare for my other interviews. This irrational thinking limited my career options, as a few of the other companies did not offer me an internship position. This was the first act of passion with this company. Within Eli Lilly, there is a veterinary medicine branch called Elanco that has its own hiring system and is the branch I truly wanted to work at. I received the internship offer from Eli Lilly and I accepted the offer without waiting and hearing all my options. A week later, I received the internship offer from Elanco, which was my ideal internship but had to turn it down because I had already committed to Eli Lilly. This was the second act of passion within two weeks that limited my options for my career.

I worked by myself for the most part, and was given tasks by either Tom Kelly or Eric Dykeman. I was given access to everything that Tom would tell me to do, and that includes seeing billing info, and on the bills I would you tell the company how much they owe the Chamber in dues, I also was to see why they left and complaints that they had. With Eric I would be given tasks like making schedules, finding people to contact for meeting, and to organize how the meeting was going to plan out. Almost every day was different, and there was always something to get done or to visit. I traveled with Eric a lot to the town of Braintree where there would be meeting, and I also traveled to see where they are trying to build more infrastructure. I would

Growing up, I was just like the average child, one week I would say I wanted to be a doctor and the next I would say I wanted to be lawyer and then two days later, I would say I wanted to be an astronaut. All of this changed when I was in the sixth grade. I watched the movie "Harriet The Spy" for the first time and I was so intrigued. I remember saying,"This girl is pretending and she looks like she's having so much fun." From then on, I wanted to be an actress, but I didn't tell anyone. I thought people would make fun of me or say I wasn't good enough. This was a constant trepidation, so when people asked me what I wanted to be when I "grow up", I would say,"I don't know", and quickly change the subject. This went on for years, I would lie and say I didn't know what I wanted to be, when that was the farthest from the truth. I knew I wanted to be an actress. I stopped watching tv for entertainment and started watching so I could observe the actors. I would watch their movements and facial expressions, and I would even write down what they were saying and redo the scene how I thought it should be done.

“Everybody has a Helene Tucker” By dick Gregory in Shame. When I was younger, all I ever wanted to be was a chef; however, as I got older, my career ideas changed drastically. I went through a few other stages before finally discovering that what I truly aspired to be was anything in the field of Medicine. My career choice as a Registered Nurse symbolizes all that I am: my abstraction, my motivation, and my passion.

As I looked back over my portfolio, I was able to see the progress that I have made as a writer. In this essay, I will assess my strengths and weaknesses as a writer and discuss the processes that I used when writing the pieces in this portfolio.