Personal Statement On My Life

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

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

Continuing on, while the relationship with my mom grew, my dad and I relationship began to deteriorate. I would say that I have a severely avoidant attachment relationship with my dad. It is quite odd because growing up I had a fabulous relationship with my dad, I was what you might call, a daddy’s girl. My dad was my best friend. As I got older it alternated. Today, my dad rarely displays affection toward me and does not even communicate with me. He is not supportive and defensive or protective when it comes to other family members hurting my feelings. He does not show care for my feelings. Even on the death of my grandfather a few months ago, my mom’s dad passed away, and she was miles away with her family. I was

Now I’ve started a new life, I will not feel small or follow others steps. Each people in this world is different I just need to find what really suits me. Other people may become a doctor, a teacher, a scientist, or a lawyer. But I’m happy just as a hotelier and chef to be, I made people happy with my service and my food. I will become someone with my own way and I want to encourage people out there. That you don’t need to feel small just because you cannot reach the standard society has made, embrace yourself find what will made you someone in the future, no matter how long it takes for you to realize. What important is your own happiness and don’t regret anything in the

My path to medicine has been rather non-traditional. However, my arrival to the field comes with reason and purpose. My interest in medicine does not stem from family pressure or financial gain, but rather my interest in science and my observation of need. In the additional time it took me to choose the path of medicine, I have accumulated many experiences. The largest contributor to my inspiration in osteopathic medicine is an illness I experienced in my early twenties. This death experience occurred in a medically underserved area. It would be easy for me to write pages explaining the event, but to be frank the disease gave me a disturbingly insightful view.

My decision to pursue a PhD is derived from my passion for science and engineering paired with my abilities in the field of machine learning and applied statistics. I consider myself fortunate to be part of the Department of Computer Science, University of Florida for my master studies. More importantly, I am glad to have two excellent professors in this field as advisors, Dr. Pader and Dr. Jilson, who are guiding me throughout my graduate studies. They assisted me to decide and pursue the courses and topics that interested me. During my first semester, I took the course Mathematical methods for Intelligent Systems that gave me a strong base for applied mathematics in the field of intelligent systems. Similarly, the research course

One day when I came home from school, I wanted to say hello to my step dad but he was in the shower. Therefore, I went straight to my room without saying hello to him. After a few minutes I heard the shower turn off in the bathroom. When he opened the bathroom door I heard him yelling my name, so I quickly ran to him to see if he was ok.When I saw him he told me he did not feel good and could not walk. I told him to stop playing around because he always joked about his health. But he told me he was not joking and as he said that, his left side of his face and body began to not work. He almost fell on the floor but I grabbed him and helped him to sit down in our hallway. This situation was difficult for me to handle because I was only a teenager in high school, I never experienced a situation like this. But I set aside my emotions because I knew needed to help him, since me and him were the only two people home. Therefore, I hurried to the phone to call 911.While me and my step dad waited for the ambulance to arrive, I told him everything was going to be ok and made sure he kept eye contact with me.Approximely five minutes later the ambulance arrived. The paramedics placed my step father on top of the stretcher, and put him into the ambulance. I did not go into the ambulance with my step father because I need to call my mother to tell her what happned.When my mother came home my mother and I rushed to the hospital to see how my step dad was dong.The doctors told us, my step

I think the people who will be there in my funeral will say something about my real experiences with them which will lead them to remember and describe some of my personal values that I practiced with them. The first value will be the Christian Faith which I practiced as much I could by attending the services at the church with my family, making my daughter attending the Sunday school, participating in the project of the hunger people, attending the bible study in the church, and dealing with people in a nice way. The people at my work may mentioned some values like being on time, calling them from time to time if they are sick, doing my job’s tasks in a good way, and replacing them at work if they are not able to come. The people at the university may say that Sameh was trying hard to learn, he invited us for the Egyptian food, and he was an easygoing man, whatever we said or being angry with him, he was saying God bless you. My family will mention how I was working full time job, doing may practicum hours, study hard, and helping us at home in cleaning and cooking. They may mention also how I was supporting them by encouraging my wife to study and help my daughter with homework. I would like people to say about me how much I was sensitive to people by trying to not disappointing them, to learn and ask about the new cultural issue here in the American community since I came from Egypt. Also my family in Egypt can say how much this person was lovable; he was calling us every

From an early age, I have a strong aspiration to understand how a human mind works. I was fascinated by how complicated the underlying theories and motivations are in human reasoning and decision-making. I first realized I wanted to study psychology after I took a social psychology course during the last year of my degree in economics. While economics gave me a strong mathematical and statistical foundation, I felt that this subject is insufficient to help me fully understand a human mind. Compared with economics, psychology examines how human cognition and behaviour can be affected by a person’s emotions and thoughts. Psychology provides me with the knowledge to better understand how different internal

One evening when I came home from tennis practice, I saw my parents talking to each other in the same room; which was unusual, considering they have not spoken with each other since their divorce, and typically begin to argue when they communicate. They told me to have a seat on the pew of my piano because they had something important to address. My father had opened the conversation with one question: "Do you know what you 're going to do when we 're no longer here to support you?" I sat there contemplating what my answer will be, but all that came to mind is: I don 't know. Both of them initially began conversing about college, the career paths available for me, and those that would let me live a comfortable life. However, in my mind, I understood that all the jobs that paid well were not for me, but I withheld my thoughts and continued to listen to what their viewpoints. My parents wanted me to choose an occupation that pays well, but as for me, I 'm using college as a conduit to explore new opportunities and find a profession that I can enjoy, whether I live a comfortable life in it or not.

That day I chose to stay and support this woman in birth rather than pick my son up school and take him to the fair. Instead, my husband picked him up from After School Care at 6pm and took him to the fair. I got home that night following this particularly long shift to find my son laying on the floor by the front door waiting for me. I will never know if I made the right decision or the wrong decision but I feel guilty. This situation was also an inconvenience for my husband as he had to leave work early at short notice to pick our son up from school. This memory plays on my mind and I feel like I put the needs of the woman and my academic needs before the needs of my 8 year old son and my husband.

Who am I? I am Leticia Martinez, a 21-year-old, mother of two beautiful children with an amazing husband and currently working on increasing my cultural capital by pursuing a college degree. I am a strong, independent woman who is full of life and not afraid to take any challenge life brings. I am a woman who never allows anything or anyone bring me down. But before I was able to discover the person I am today. I had three agents of socialization build me. These agents consisted of my family, stepdad, and school. Some people learn to be strong because they are taught, but I learned to be strong by facing life a very unpleasant way.

The obvious element that adds to my identity is that I am a female, long hair, voice, and I wear makeup. I feel like it is also obvious that I have anxiety. I tend to exhibit a lot of anxious actions and I believe that is pretty easy for people to spot out.

When i was younger my parents wanted me to not work until i was done with high school. At that time i was totally with them. I had it clear in my head that i wasn 't going to work till i was eighteen. Every time i needed money i had it because of my parents. My mom always wanted me to focus on school and school to be my only priority. I told them i was totally okay with that because i also thought that if i worked and went to school i wouldn 't do good in school. As the youngest child my parents expected more from me and wanted me to always do my best. They wanted a good feature for me and so did i. But, as time went on and i evaluated myself of who i wanted to be and how i wanted to become and i took a big decision.

Once I’d made my list it took me a while to become willing. Just as doing anything about my drinking or my character defects, my willingness to make proper amends only came when I was hurting, when I was disturbed enough to become willing to do something about it. That my drinking, character defects and harms done affected other people was no prompt to get me into action. I became motivated not because an amend was due but because I was hurting. Am I selfish, self-seeking and self-centred? Yes you betcha.