Personal Narrative : My Future Career

My College and Career goals include graduating college and getting a job. I wish to attend the University of Alabama. I plan to major in occupational therapy or speech therapy. After I graduate with my bachelor's degree I wish to get my master's degree. After I finish my schooling I want to receive a job that allows me to provide for my family. I wish to receive this job in my degree's field. After receiving this job I wish to improve to reach a leadership role.

Although most people would continue post-secondary after high school, I plan on going to college, most likely Langara college, first after graduating. At first, I did want to go straight to UBC or SFU after high school, however, I started thinking of what I wanted to do. Then it occurred to me of how this is going to affect my entire life. From what I heard from others, people sometimes change their decisions based on what they want to do as a career. Not only does this take a lot of time on studying something else after changing their primary focus, but also costs a lot of money. Unfortunately, I know that I won’t have enough money to pay off the financial expenses just to study for the career I want for my future. I need to make sure that

Throughout high school, I continuously explored a wide variety of courses in an attempt to figure out what career path I may want to pursue. As senior year drew closer, the business field became more enticing. Furthermore, my aspirations were significantly impacted on the evening of September 14, 2016. I woke up that day and left for school as if it were any other day. After school, I drove to the softball field because we had a game and it just so happened to be Senior Night: the last home game. When it came time for my first at bat, I stepped up to the plate and hit a line drive between the first and second basemen, successfully making it to first base. The next player up to bat hit a double; I rounded second and sprinted for third. I clearly remember my coach kneeling on the ground to signal me to slide into third base. For some unknown reason, I hesitated and slid too late. I knew it was a bad slide, but I was focusing on whether or not I was safe. Then reality set in, I was safe, but I was not physically capable of standing up.

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

There was very many trials and events during this time, so much so I could write a book so this is really only the tip of the tip of the iceburg.

On Tuesday 18th, 2017 I interviewed Elizabeth Surprenant the systems Administrator for B. F. Saul Company & Affiliates (Real State Company). Before I decided to interview her, I first targeted the type of occupation that I want to know more information. Economics my targeted major. Due to my interest in economics, I decided to interview Ms. Surprenant, who has a bachelor degree in Accounting and she doubled major in economics. There were 2 degrees of separation between this Ms. Surprenant and me. I contacted her via email and set up a meeting to discuss some details about her occupation.

In 2005 I decided to call it quits. I retired from the military to only find myself back in the same shop I was leading rebuilding TF39 engines as a contractor. I did this for two years until I decided to pick up the family and move to Oklahoma City to work on the B-1 F101-GE engine at Tinker AFB. Soon after, the contract died and I had to find a new job. I got picked up as a civil service employee in the same shop. I then got promoted into the F117 Heavy Maintenance Center rebuilding engines for the C17. This was a new workload and we had to set up the shop. I’m not kidding about this, we had to order, build the tooling and set up the lean cells before we even started production.

Nigeria, 2001, I awakened startled with people screaming indiscriminately. My dad's head was bleeding profusely, and my cousin, sitting in the passenger seat was bleeding from his neck. There were shards of shattered windshield everywhere. I was in the backseat uninjured but scared. This commotion was the aftermath of a car accident involving my dad, my cousin and me, while he was driving us to school. Next, we were rushed to the hospital, however, upon arrival, we were refused treatment until we paid an admissions fee. This practice was common in my country. Although the incident was disturbing, it drove me towards a career in healthcare, mainly working with patients who have a difficulty affording their medical care.

I previously attended Texas A&M University and received a degree in Political Science. I found myself writing many papers for this field but mostly research papers. Although I have this experience in writing, they were mostly just regurgitating information in an organized way.

Healthcare industry is abroad topic, complex and diverse overall. I was not sure about my college major to pursue until my second year in college. My decision came to healthcare administration and policy when it came to my semester academic advising with my advisor at that time. I do not have family members or relatives directly related in the medical field but it was always an interest topic for me. Ultimately I heavily weighted on the healthcare field as my degree of studies and declared my major in health administration and health care policy.

I was about to fall asleep on my office’s desk drained from the procedure my colleagues and I did for the past 6 hours. My assistant walked into the office which reminded me that i am still working at the hospital. “I need my bed”, says the inner me overwork and irritated. I was thinking and then remembered the procedure. The intense and fast-paced environment still made my heart skip. The voices of my colleagues all talking at the same time, in addition to that, keeping up with the beeping of the ECG monitor made my palms sweat. The fear of losing your patient when you look into the eyes of the family and loved ones. Oh, the frustration! Then again the minute the beep goes back, comes the paralyzing feeling. It’s overwhelming, exciting and emotional all at the same time. I saved a person’s life. I saved a family from sorrow. Oh the fulfillment!

Within every job, club, or activity I participate in, improvement is at the basis. In key club, the forum for public service allows me to give back to my community. At the local event center, I am able to make every wedding or meeting the best as an employee. In robotics, I volunteer at the local kid zone, food pantry, and helped the local boy scouts earn a robotics badge. As a contestant in the NASA Space Settlement Design Competition, I have acquired unique skills. In a stressful environment, working with people with all different backgrounds, ideas, and tempers proved challenging, but it opened my eyes to how to interact with these people in a positive way. These skills can be applied in any type of environment. They can grow with each

As the Chief Marketing Officer of Windermere Marketing Group, I coordinate monthly events with the vision of establishing school unity. The Professionals of Tomorrow was a networking seminar inviting students to learn from adults working in different careers. Initially, I juggled the planning on my own because I was more comfortable relying on myself rather than others. A lack of preparation became a recurring problem. After the first three events, my sponsor teacher urged me to confide in my team and delegate tasks among everyone to execute a well-organized event. Reflecting on her feedback, I realized that my actions did not exemplify a great leader. Acting immediately, the meetings I held with my team became charged with positive energy

At the start of 2015 if you had asked me about anything car related I wouldn't have had an answer for you. However later that year I met a friend who introduced me to the world of cars. I was interested in it but never would've considered it as a career. Later in high school, during my senior year, I learned about a concurrent enrollment program offered through my school. One of the career-oriented programs was Automotive Technology. Initially, I was undecided joining the program but next thing I knew I found myself in a classroom learning about cars.

Imagine being your 7-year old self always wanting to be an actress or actor, even a model. Having your mom look up where events are at to show agents what you got. Never really knowing when it will happen, until you get woken up one morning with great news from your mom. “Get up and get ready, we are going to Indianapolis!”. You don’t know what to do, you’re so excited you can barely breathe. You hop in the shower, blow dry your hair, put on formal clothes, and get into the car and starting driving to Indianapolis. It’s 8:00 a.m. and you are so antsy to get there, but you end up falling asleep until you get to the Marriott Hotel. This was A special day to me because I could make my dreams into a reality by showing the event workers what I got.