Personal Statement : My Personal Experience

Pursing a career as a medical doctor is an opportunity for me to mentor youth in underserved populations. As a child, I was raised in the low income, urban community of Roxbury, MA. Although not as notorious today, the neighborhood had garnered negative attention for its high crime rates. My mother emigrated from Haiti and raised me as a single parent. Due to our financial circumstance, Roxbury became our permanent residence. I have always felt there was something lacking in Roxbury in comparison to other towns I visited. My teenage years were largely spent in the suburban town of Stoneham where I attended high school. There was a literal difference in air quality and a psychology contrast in future prospects. While native students of

I envision myself assisting children and teens of troubled and abusive past, showing them that they do have a choice, that there are myriad options available to them. Their cycle of abuse will end, no more will they be told they are less than someone, less than a dream they dream. There is no better way to break that cycle, then with someone who has been in that precise spot. I aim to maintain a constant and consistent path to Social work. I want to continue gaining the valuable insights into the work of clinicians, to see what I can do to make a chance, to help contribute to the difference they

One of my personal experiences that I had was when my family decided to move from New Jersey to Florida. I never planned on moving with them but my mother basically forced me into moving with them. It wasn’t really all that moving stuff because the new house was actually pretty nice, it was just I had all my friends there and I was doing well in school. Nothing I said convinced my mother so after a week of packing we was off to Florida. The first week being there was a horrible week. Nothing was going right for me, I missed the school bus for a whole week, dropped my milk on my new shoes, and tripped over nothing in lunch. It was just trying to move back but parents always have this life lesson speech about trying to make new friends and try to get used to being here until we move again. It’s been about a month since we moved to Florida and I met about zero friends but I got used to living here since I’ve found something that interested me as an after school hobby and that was fishing. There’s barley any lakes or ponds in New Jersey so fishing wasn’t really something you do as a time waster. I usually fished right after I got home but on that day it was rainy and it wasn’t really a good time to fish so I just decided to practice my free shots until it started raining hard. I think I was outside for about 20minutes and suddenly a couple kids from my new school asked if they can shoot

There are few certainties of what one will encounter during life. A common joke names two: death and

The date of the offense was July 19, 2014. It was a night full of mistakes and bad decisions, which I will never make again. The charges that I have been cited with are 1 Class B Misdemeanor (Driving under the Influence), 1 Class B Misdemeanor (Unlawful Consumption), 1 Class B Misdemeanor (Possession of Paraphernalia), 1 Class B Misdemeanor (Possession of Marijuana) and 1 Third Degree Felony (Possession). Since that night I distanced the people who were bringing me down in life and they ended up dropping out of my life as they only wanted to bring me down and I would not allow that any longer. Since the night of the arrest I have not participated in taking any narcotics or any illegal substances since. I have been extremely focused on my work and making

I was born the fourth of December 1991 in Cranbrook British Columbia. I lived there for 18 years. Before joining the military I worked as a fry cook at a Burger King for three years and held part time jobs working for the College of the Rockies summer camp programs during the summer. My parents are currently living together in Cranbrook BC. My father works outside the province testing railway tracks for two months at a time, then returns home for two to three weeks. My mother acts as the main contact point of the family, she works as a financial clerk. I have a 22 year old sister who will be attending university in Calgary this September. I attended Mount Baker Secondary School in Cranbrook and graduated in 2009

When I began my undergraduate career, I had the opportunity to be exposed to the full range of psychology courses, all of which tended to reinforce and solidify my intense interest in psychology. However, I was fortunate enough to conduct my own research abroad and assist a graduate student in her dissertation. As my undergraduate work progressed, I found I also had an interest in helping individual who have been involved in relationship violence. I became motivated to become an advocate against relationship violence on campus, which sparked my interest in further to my education to become a therapist.

The personal history of trauma can be a section which can cause vulnerability for me when being a clinician. This is because when I was younger around the age of thirteen or fourteen I experienced domestic abuse. I know how it felt to be a young child, and trying to assimilate the abuse there was in my household. I also experienced abuse a couple of times from my father. While my mother was entangled with trying to “fix” things with my father, which never resolved. I think being a marriage and family therapist, things such as abuse, will be something that causes be to feel negative things towards this issue. I know from first hand it is not something that can end—it becomes a cycle, that is very hard to break when two people are

When I took my USC tour before my freshman year, I fell in love with the campus and became very interested in exploring all the opportunities presented by the ambassador. I fell in love with the beauty of the Horseshoe and greatly appreciated the generosity and politeness of the people I met. I want to inspire prospective students to fall in love with USC as I did. I would also like to explore this opportunity to develop as a person and make good friends in the process. It gives me great pride to tell people I attend the University of South Carolina and cheer on my team at every football game. When people ask me why I went to school so far away, I generally stick to three answers. The weather is great, the sports are amazing, and the people who comprise the University are fantastic.

I've been for the majority of my adult life in the counseling area, beginning in high school, where I finished an internship in a community mental health center. Working with substance abuse and the mental health field since 1982, I've lived since 2003 in the Asheville region. I graduated from Tennessee State University in 1996 with and M.S. In Counselling. Over time, I've worked in diverse settings, including several years as a school-based counsel at Enka Middle and High Schools, along with Hominy Elementary, and over a decade in home-based counseling program focusing on helping families avoid removing kids because of their delinquency, or misuse or neglect in the parent. I also have worked at large community mental health facilities, including

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I was born and raised in Spain to British parents. After completing my Licentiate in Psychology with the University of Valencia in 2009 I moved to London. I also temporarily moved to Barcelona for my MSc in Clinical and Health Psychology.

I became interested in cancer research after working in Dr. Barcellos-Hoff lab during college to help pay my bills, helping with husbandry support.This involved palpating the hundreds of tumors.It was fascinating being able to track the growth of a tumor. Seeing the tangible effects of our manipulations,I have developed an appreciation for our research and its medical implications. After college,I came to work at the lab full time,I was excited to learn and better understand the experiments.Quickly I gained the necessary technical skills to work in the lab,and I developed lifelong skills such as critical thinking, problem solving,and teamwork.When a problem arises,I have come to enjoy trying to solve the mystery as to

In our lives, we have to make important choices, and sometimes our choices determine our happiness or sadness. As a Filipino, our families tell us to do well in school and to not make bad choices because they want us to be successful and to have ethical morals. Growing up as a Catholic, I was taught to be obedient and respectful to my family which has shaped who I am today. Yet, I too made some mistakes, and I learned from the consequences. From my failures, I learned to not belittle myself, but to grow.

I have always been drawn to helping people from a very early age. I was always interested in the profession of clinical work primarily to assist families and children overcome similar problems that I had growing up. I come from an impoverished ( penniless ?) , broken home in Detroit, Michigan where I experienced sexual abuse as a child. I was unstable, confused, and angry for a very long time during my childhood until I met my last therapist. She helped me understand and to work through many of the thoughts and emotions that I was feeling at the time. With her help, I was able to graduate high school and become the first person in my family to go to college. Being sexually abused as a child had a negative effect on me. I went through a lengthy process of forgiveness and acceptance, all while trying to make the best use of my existence whilst at the same time satisfying a need to give something back. My former therapist and a few of my professors are the reasons that ultimately shaped my life and career aspirations. I wouldn’t be who I am today if I was never abused or if id never met my therapist. It is because of those past experiences that I decided to dedicate my life to social work and pursue an MSW (degree?).