Personal Narrative: My Experience At The San Diego Model Railroad Museum

The mentor I have chosen is Vicki Garcia, my mom would always tell me how when I was younger how I loved to spend time with Mrs.Garcia and her family. Mrs. Garcia was like a second mother to me, and her daughter used to be my best friend. She chose this teaching career when she arrived back from Mexico. After living in Mexico for four years and being married to someone who is a native speaker she picked up spanish really well, she calls it her “redneck spanish”. Having the ability to speak spanish and english really opened many doors for her. After being a nurse for several years she changed professions. She chose to be a migrant teacher because she loves to teach children and watch them expand their minds so that they can be better people

I have more than one mentor in my life, teachers and friends that one way or the other helped shape the person that I am today. One person that I will always remember is Mrs. Luz Rodriguez, she was my Supervisor at a hospital where I used to work as a Purchase Agent.

My mentor would have to probably be my sister. She has been through alot, good and bad. And that is all that has made her very strong. She has 4 daughters and she is always there for them helping them out as much as possible, and she then yet still tries to help everyone out as much as possible.

The Colorado History Museum was a phenomenal place to visit; it felt life like from being in my Colorado History class in college as well as in my high school ones. I had the ability to see what it was like living in Keota, as well as being a huge size person walking around the Denver area, and lastly saw a few pieces of clothing that were the Native Americans during Bent’s Fort. Every detail in the museum I tried paying attention too, because I did not want to miss anything.

The mentors I had within each engagement area helped me to grow as an academic student and a future young professional. Dr. Cormier and Dr. Park served as my mentors during my Research Engagement Area and Director Gibson and Ms. Yon who were my mentors for both my Internship and Service

When I got my first job as a PT aide I met Tali, the woman who would become my mentor and confidant. She was tough as nails with bright red hair, a thick Israeli accent and arms that looked like they were sculpted out of clay. I'll admit, she was the most intimidating woman I had ever met, but she was also very sweet. I had absolutely no idea what I was getting into when I was assigned to her. She had such an unorthodox way of treating patients. It was completely bizarre but also absolutely brilliant.

My skills as a patient, independent problem solver who is both confident and knowledgeable in both the Royal Ontario Museum's history and collections will contribute to my success as a volunteer assistant. By working at an overnight camp, I have learned to be patient with children in a variety of situations such as high stress and lack of rest. After babysitting an assortment of clients over the course of three years. I have become an experienced and confident independent problem solver. Being a lifelong member at the Royal Ontario Museum and having attended many ROMkids programs, I am at total ease and have developed a thorough understanding of the ROM layout and the history behind gallery artifacts. My demonstration of patience, problem-solving,

In my high school career the person that had influenced me the most was Mrs. Georgia Stohr. She was my freshman English teacher and yearbook advisor through junior year. During my sophomore year she was diagnosed with stage 4 breast cancer. She taught me what it truly meant to be strong and loving. Throughout her battle she was always energetic and happy. She tried not to complain or be seen in pain. She put the yearbook staff and her students before her health in some cases and tried to be with us as much as possible. She would give us updates and make sure we knew exactly what was happening to her, even towards the end of her battle. Once her hair fell out she would wear funny hats and once, she came into class wearing a Victorian

I need to make sure to move more when giving my speech. Having an isle made me feel like I had to stay right in the center of the isle and not move. I know now the next time I am giving a speech to move the chairs a different way. The rate in which I was talking in my informative speech is another weakness.

The day had finally came, it was July 21st, 2020. I had been waiting for this day for what seemed like forever! I was beyond excited that of all artists, I was chosen to escort the Interplanetary Ambassador around our world and culture. Once I greeted him at the New York Space Port, I decided to take him to our very own Metropolitan Museum of Art located here in NYC. The ride from the space port to the Museum was a little over two hours and felt like forever. On the way there the Ambassador asked many questions about our clothes, food, money, and many of our everyday things that are around us. Then, out of nowhere he asked me a question that changed my life as an artist completely. He said, “In my planet we have clothes and money and everything that you humans have, but we do not have art. Can you please explain to me what this art thing is?”

I’ve been on a trip with my friend Lily Wagner to my grandmothers in Arizona, we’re both in this class and so we went to the Tucson Museum of Arts together a few days ago. They have a couple exhibits going at the moment, and some really interesting ones coming soon that I wish I could’ve seen. Currently they have “Horses of the West: Power, Freedom, and Friendship” which I really thought I’d be into since I rode horses up until a bit ago, but as it turns out horse art really isn’t my thing. They also had “Welcome to the American West” which had some lovely paintings and “Of Earth and Sand: Ceramics and Glasswork” which was my personal favorite, but I’ve always loved ceramics and anything to do with glass art.

Since I was little, I have been struggling to find the way to my future. I ultimately lost interest in each prospective career I considered. Despite my extensive soul searching, I never seemed to find the perfect fit. That was until we took a trip to a museum that became life changing.

For my cultural event my family and I went to the Virginia Living Museum. We chose to go to the Virginia Living Museum because we had never been there before, furthermore it gave us the opportunity to spend time together as a family. To be honest, I was quite hesitant to go to a museum with my four year old son. We have previously gone to other events and places together, but as four year old, keeping his attention, and his little feet going, is always a task. To my surprise, our experience was absolutely wonderful! The museum offered a lot of kid friendly exhibits, while giving all of us the chance to be together, learn about our environment, and animals in Virginia. By having this experience, I learned that I really should spend more time

The museum was a complete surprise. Most of this area of Georgia is very old and need improvement, but when I drove up to the museum, I was pleased. It was the museum, a church, and a cemetery adjacent to one another. In addition, it is surrounded by Spanish moss tress and Georgia wetlands. The architectural style of the building was well within context with its environment. There was a designated parking area, and the signs were clearly posted from the highway towards the museum, and upon arrival there were other signs to include one with the hours of operation.

I did notice one of my biggest weakness, which is the pace of my speech was slightly faster than it needed to be, and I felt that the slides were rushed in some places. This eventually must have forced the audience to lose track of some concepts or misunderstand my point of view at some places. Due to added anxiety, and the fast rate in speech I noticed subtle mistakes in my speech delivery; such as the mispronunciation of some words, jumped ahead of presentation ideas and even worse, there was some unnecessary stuttering involved, which made me uncomfortable and distracted me from the main points. I did notice few vocal fillers were there, and I think I could have used my in-speech citation a little better, as I felt that they were quiet off with slides and made the transition process somewhat awkward, for me to