Transforming Life Personal Statement

A community-focused, dedicated and accomplished Disability Support Worker, I am actively pursuing a challenging new career opportunity where I can utilise my qualifications, skills and demonstrated experience spanning 12 years. Proven ability to deliver activities to enhance the physical, social, emotional and intellectual development of children, youths, adults, aged clients and families, with a strong emphasis on protection, understanding and support. Leading by example with compassion and professionalism, I possess strong communication and interpersonal skills with the ability to provide social and emotional support to wide-ranging clients whilst promoting independence and self-worth. I have demonstrated a high level of proficiency related

After high school, I plan to pursue a college degree at the University of Texas in Austin, or another top tier college, in order to double major in business and chemistry. The reason I wish to major in these two disciplines is because of my involvement in the technology startup industry and my work promoting STEM. Through my participation in an honors or research program, my goal is to conduct a research project analyzing the disparities that exist for minorities in the STEM industry, as well as noteworthy solutions organizations are using to eradicate those disparities.

Currently working towards completing my bachelor’s degree for self-fulfillment purposes and just in-case I was to explore employment opportunities outside of my current career. I am working full time as a manager in information systems technology and biomedical engineering at a large health system in CT. The daily challenges of re-engineering clinical technology solutions for the greater good of patient safety keeps me motivated and inspired.

I was born in Mexico, and brought to the U.S at the age of 6 thanks to my step dad. When I first found out I was moving here, I assumed that I would not be as happy since I had to leave many of my other family members behind, including one of my older sisters. The more time I spent here, the more I realized I had misjudged the situation, and I knew I would have many more opportunities. As a matter of fact, I am very fortunate to be able to make a better life here because there are many more benefits. Adapting to my new lifestyle was not difficult at all. Learning English and making new friends swiftly helped me thrive as a young student, and it strengthened my social skills. School was always the best time I had because it has been my getaway from the issues that were occurring at home.

After reviewing my life, I have decided my life defining moment was when my family and I moved to Texas from Oklahoma. I consider this move my life changing moment because it changed so many things in my life. This move set the stage for an entirely new life for me. Moving six hours away from the only home I knew certainly called for many changes.

My vision as an undergraduate student of the Haskayne School of Business (HSB) is to become a well-rounded influential leader and equip myself with a set of skills and values that will enhance me as an individual in my career. Thus, my goal is to succeed academically and socially, graduating with a distinction and having built strong relationships.

I believe that the majority of personal growth comes from surrounding oneself with people who are different, so for my interview, I consulted my Hispanic male friend, Alberto. My reason for doing so was I expected his identity to contrast with my own of many different levels. I had high anticipation to the responses I would receive from him due to his different identity. In retrospect, I was surprised by my findings and how they related to my teachings and my personal perception.

Each time I get a new set of classes I work hard at first and don’t talk to anyone. I do good for a little then I get tired of it I don’t have any motivation to continue pushing and I get lazy and stop caring and that needs to change. At the end I have to bust my butt to finish and it’s not worth it. I need to just stay consistent and do what I need to.

I am interested in teaching at Breakthrough because I personally value education and feel as though education is the cornerstone for the future of the youth. However, not every youth gets the same quality or even opportunity for education, which is why I also view education as a privilege. I want to take part in a leadership opportunity that will allow me to express my passion for education and treat the concept of education as a privilege that should not be taken for granted. I see myself as a life-long learner and want others to view learning in a similar manner.

Not many people in past history have been able to change the world. However, if I possessed the ability change the world, I would choose to eradicate airplanes, movies, and books. Everything I have listed has contributed to my identify today. I crave these things, but also would want to get rid of them for various reasons.

For every change within a society, personal changes with “self” must happen. These social changes are important to people while, people who don’t benefit from it think changes within the self isn’t important for social changes. Personal change is a journey a person takes of discovering something within themselves and acting upon a social change. That social change is society evolving to better ways. Jane Goodall talks about her experience in a moment of truth with self being absent in a moment of need in her writing titled In the Forest of Gombe, where she spends a few weeks in the forest following chimpanzees has helped her cope with her grief of her husband. She comes to the realization that her “self” was nonexistent and everyone in

When I was 4 or 5 my faith was just about going to church and coloring in those worksheets and rising to get done so I could play games for Sunday school and eating food after service and it was just an every week thing. But as I grew up and started to realize the reason why I keep going every week to know what it's about and learning new things every time I go. I started to grasp we are going to learn new things and about the past, and the way things clicked such as Easter, Christmas,Good Friday, and other bible stories and why Jesus died just for us to live long happy lives. We learned about Luther, my first year of Conformation and what was all happening with him and reason he went to Rome and felt the way he did. We observed and learned about how he saw things in a different way in a different way and saw things in a new way. When he went and showed his faith and everyone disagreed, he

“All of life is peaks and valleys. Don’t let the peaks get too high and the valleys too low.” -John Wooden

I enjoy working to targets and a confident communicator who has prior experience of maintaining existing client relationships while generating new ones. I started my career as a CSR Executive and I have more than seven years experience in working with older people and people with disabilities.

Hi, good afternoon everyone. First of all, congratulation to all the bright shining WDs present here for all their efforts. For many I am a new face so let me introduce myself I am Shraddha following this wonderful life transforming philosophy for last 10 years. Thankful to my friend Vaishali who introduce me to this faith in Delhi and from last 8 years I have been practicing wholeheartedly in Dubai. My family got PR in July 2015. It’s difficult to uproot from a place where you were living comfortably for so many years. Sensei encouraged a man who has no choice but to move from Iwaki after The Johan coalfield closed-“I fully understand the difficulty of having to leave a place you’re familiar with and the members you care about. But the place where you are moving to will become your new place of mission, to carry out Kossen -rufu.” So I am just following my mission in this country and my heart is full of joy to share few of my victories in past 4 months.