Personal Narrative: My Top Strength

My second key strength is showing gratitude to others. If someone does something for me or helps me develop a new skill. I show gratitude to them by thanking them, and I tell them that really appreciate their help. I am there for that person when they need my help.

Everyone on earth is defined by their core beliefs. It’s what makes us all individuals, what separates us from the others. It wasn’t until I was talking with my friend Sean in 8th grade that I started to realize that one of my core beliefs, something I was taught growing up, may not be my own belief.

The summer of 2015 was the summer I moved for the first time in my life. Moving was a mix of emotions because after thirteen years I became attached to my bedroom and the looks of my house. The certain smells I would get when I walked through the door. Then, leaving that house that I have lived in and that bedroom I slept in for all those years was hard. It was a nice house and all, and I loved my room, but only a couple days later, I was already comfortable in my new home.

My sources of power come from being the chair of the House Internal Matters Committee and the House Rules Committee, as well as being a Hispanic Republican. Another source of power comes from being an incumbent, who has been elected four times. Since I am the chair of the House Internal Matters Committee, I have a larger influence over the bills that are considered since this is one of three committees who considers the proposed bills and have the power to pass, amend, or kill legislative proposals. Because I am chair of the House Rules Committee, which reviews legislation after it is passed through a standing committee in the House and before the bill goes to the full House, I serve as a gatekeeper for proposed legislation, working with other

I live in Chicago but I belong to New York. Ever since I moved to Chicago at the beginning of my freshman year, I’ve always wanted to revisit New York. I still talk to my friends back at home and enlighten them about my school and life in Chicago. Although I want to revisit New York, I’m also beginning to welcome and appreciate my new life in Chicago.

I believe one of my personal strengths are communication skills and willingness to interact socially with others on a professional level. Gaining 4 years of experience in customer service, while working as a bartender, was a great journey for me to become a self-confident and a relaxed individual when talking with other people. Due to the nature of the job, it was often necessary to interact with demanding customers, who were under the influence of alcohol or were performing aggressive behaviours. I had an opportunity to develop problem solving and stress management skills, and to learn acting patient and calm in uncomfortable situations. During busy shifts, in order to provide a smooth and a high standard customer service, it was necessary

How many times have you looked at someone you know or even a stranger and thought, “I want what they have.”? How many times have you wished things were different and compared your situation to someone else’s? The answer for most people is more than they can remember. I have personally done this too much for my liking and it wasn’t until I was about fifteen that I realized that it was not doing me any good to wish for what others around me had. This is my story of how I spent my childhood focusing on wanting others’ lives and how I learned that nothing is as it appears.

Fairfield Momentum… As soon as you’re pulling up the big bird is extremely eye catching lol.

I use positive self-talk, I visual success, and I am focused; these are my top three affirmations. These three affirmations combined together recently help play a positive role in my life. Right before spring break, I had an extremely hard test coming up in one of my classes which were worth a good portion of my grade. So naturally I was nervous, already feeling like I wasn’t very good in that class and knowing there was no way I could possibly pass this test. After worrying about the test I decided that I was only hurting myself and increasing the chances of failing the test. This is where the positive self-talk came in. I started telling myself I was smart, capable, and could pass this test. Once I started thinking positively I started

There are four imporant attributes I am currently developing. First is physical strength. I understand that there is rigorous physical training to be an astronaut; I take ballet 4 days a week, and last summer, I attended a ballet intensive in Nashville where I danced about 42 hours per week for 5 weeks. Ballet demands immense strength, and building that strength requires mental strenth, the second attribute. Traveling to Mars takes a lot of perseverance, and every time I keep dancing when I want to stop, my tenacity builds. My perseverance also expands with every challenging problem I encounter, since I always want to find the answer; I keep going until I can solve the challenge, which sides by the third attribute, creative problem solving.

I have a big passion for sports. To me sports and physical fitness is a lot of my life. I play lots of sports including football lacrosse and power lifting. When I went to go and get my gear the associate asked if I was a new at playing. I told him I was and he told me that I would most likely love the sport and continue playing for as long as I could. So I ended up getting my stuff and I was so excited when I got my stuff it was crazy. It felt like i just woke up and it was Christmas morning. So I had my first game about a week later. The night before my game I felt like the next morning was Christmas. The first time that in ever played lacrosse was when I was about 9 years old. It was so fun I had butterflies in me. I was so nervous when

I believe my attributes that I have possessed over the years are the ability for me to look beyond a person’s limitations and try not to past judgment. As a person who is nurture to everyone and one who strongly believes that everyone is important no matter their physical appearance, age, gender, sexual orientation, religion, class, and race no one is neither weak or inferior to me. I believe it is important to everyone to feel love and appreciate regardless of their limitations.

I didn’t know how to say it. I didn't know when to say it. I didn’t even know if I wanted to tell them. I just knew I had this feeling in my gut that wouldn’t go away until I told them. I knew I needed to tell them. So, when my mom and I were going on a walk I was about to tell her, but for some reason I didn’t. I don't know why.

That is, until I was nine and fainted at the sight of my own blood when I cut my finger.

I have demonstrated my strong communication skills, both written and verbal, throughout my career. Currently working with USAID/LPA, it is my responsibility to reach out to “Internal Communication Point of Contact” and update their information in the database. I have done some research about how to establish a good communication between missions, regional, and Washington D.C. and proposed an integrated plan to the Acting Deputy Assistant Administrator, and Internal Communication Director at Bureau for Legislative and Public Affairs. In my previous role i regularly liaised with different stakeholders to construct a meaningful project, and built a strong relationship with them. I also prepared and developed various training manuals, as well as