Many will say at an early age they knew exactly what type of career they wanted to pursue. For others such as me; future thoughts, dreams, and decisions were often pushed to the side due to a complex life that surrounded me inside and outside the home. However, those negative feelings did not outweigh the inspiration in wanting to dedicate my life to the public sector. I was raised in a low income neighborhood that experienced nominal capital improvements. The lack of encouragement and opportunities to reach beyond the stars inside and outside the home were almost nonexistent.
As I reached the mid to later grades of elementary school, I began to realize that I may not be able to personally improve the situation that surrounded me, but I could immediately improve my personal self. I was a motivated individual with a confidence level soaring on cloud nine. I discovered a new found freedom, the act of performing well academically. Instead of the streets, the public library became my best friend. I told myself I did not want to be associated with the negativity, violence, and lack of opportunities that plagued my environment. I was able to rise above the imposed limitations exposing myself to superior levels of reading by burying myself in dictionaries, encyclopedias, and the great world of literature. I discovered the position
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I have been working as a 911 communications officer for the past 8 ½ years with the past 3 ½ years as a 911 supervisor. I am very ambitious and was appointed supervisor just five short years after being hired. Even though I was not able to begin my college journey right after high school, I was able to begin after a few years of starting my career at the 911 center. After entering undergraduate school, my desires to become a successful leader only strengthened. My dream, vision, and goal to someday become a well-trained, capable and highly dedicated manager were and are well
While reading Too Cool for School by Ellis Cose I have became aware of various aspects of my ‘schooling’ experience. I realized that I may not have had the best schooling experience, but I never pushed up against the system to get any better. Throughout my life I have attended over 10 schools some very high end others bottom of the barrel. Like Cose, I always knew my intellectual abilities, but I was always so dissatisfied with my situation I didn't make the best of it. Instead of soaking up as much knowledge as possible and making a lesson out of my situation I became complacent. I started to slack off and allow myself to become stagnant to what I knew my abilities were. I allowed myself to be a product of my environment when I should I have
My professional goal is to apply my knowledge and experience in a way that contributes to the overall success of any mission and safeguards our communities. To that end, I would like to pursue a career as either an emergency manager for a town or city, a senior manager in the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), or a senior manager in the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). I believe my current and past experiences make me an excellent candidate for a senior level management position in any of these areas.
Does the walker choose the path or the path the walker? Believe it or not, sometimes it’s the latter. People often ask me why I chose public service and working for the State Department and I often tell them it kind of just happened. Growing up I had a completely different career path mapped out for me. I want to work in early childhood education and had passion in developing the next generation. After finishing high school, I took classes and researched opening my own daycare. At age 19, I had a successful licensed daycare with one employee and eight students. This was the path I chose and excelled in it and I thought that this career was what I was meant to do.
Academically, managing an AP class with five other core classes, along with constantly worrying about the situation at home, my grades suffered tremendously. Even though I constantly came in after and before school for additional help in my studies, my focus on the intense arguments and the mood of our household occupied my concentration and welcomed me to a stage of a depression. Since my house, my sanctuary, was disturbed, my own house became a very frightening place to study; so I walked to the public library. But still, even at the library, all I could think about was “what will happen when I go home?” abstractly enough, I felt responsible.
Growing up in the inner city of Los Angeles taught me many things; make sure you’re inside before the street lights come on, never wear all red or blue, and make sure you get a good education so that one day you can leave the inner city behind. I was fortunate enough to have both a mother and a father who stressed the importance of excelling academically because attending an inner city, LA county, public school did not instill a love of academics in myself or my peers. Our teachers had checked out, the curriculum was not inspiring or relatable, and everyday there was yet another fight happening during recess. As time went on I witnessed my classmates and I take completely different paths. The strong support system I had at home proved effective. As I went on to go to college, many of my peers dropped out, the dismal state of our public school system had clearly failed them. During my undergraduate studies, the stories of my old classmates did not leave my mind.
A career that has interested me for many years is becoming an Office Manager in the company IHA. IHA was formed in 1994 for families around the Washtenaw County area to be provided with professional physician care. I have worked in this company for five years doing reception work within different offices. I have found a passion to become an Office Manager which would require me to have a 4-year Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration and 2-years of experience in management anywhere. Since I have been there for five years I have learned how offices work within this company which I feel will benefit my future. I strive learns as much as I can in this company, so I can have a great deal of knowledge of what my future employees do in their
It was rough growing up in a single parent household. I was the oldest of three boys. I did not have the best amenities that many of my peers had. While my friends played outside after school, I was in the house, reading, writing and studying. My mother emphasised the importance of education. It was torture; I did not want to study. I wanted the high end clothes, I wanted to play outside and flirt with girls. I wanted to be popular instead of being viewed as the smart guy; the kid that everyone voted as most likely to
Soon enough, I started to believe them; by the conclusion of fourth grade, I felt worthless. When I learned that I would be transferring schools, I saw redemption. That summer, I exchanged novels for magazines; I went on extreme diets to lose weight as if cutting pounds could cut the memories of abuse from my head. Going into fifth grade, I found myself googling “How to be Normal” in an attempt to abandon my identity; fifteen pounds and a miniskirt later, I had all but done so.
My parents’ divorce left my mom in a desperate state. She swallowed her pride and found a shelter through Boston Housing Authority for herself, my sisters, and me to reside. In the shelter, there was only one room and one bed, so I often found myself studying on the bathroom floor. I didn’t want to disturb my younger siblings, but I was determined to get my homework done. I maintained exceptional grades through secondary school despite my circumstance. Nevertheless, I am grateful for those moments. My battle with hunger and bullying transformed me into a tenacious and enterprising woman. If I had not experienced tribulations, I might have taken my education for
My early education has been shaped by a very difficult challenge, but also many positive circumstances have formed my way of learning. I was home schooled throughout my grade school years, but due to financial and family circumstances throughout that period; I was lacking in my education. Throughout, my school years I always felt dumb, and that I could not connect with all my friends who went to “normal” school. Also, I feared how my future would turn out. “Would I be able to go to college? Could I get a decent job? What would happen to me?” This trial of education has been one of the most formative events
I have been working in Emergency Management for nine years. Like many others before me, I was not pursuing an emergency management career, I fell into it based on the skills I possessed and my interests. About six years into my career, I realized that although I was proficient in many of the specific functions I performed, I still lacked the bigger picture. I was not necessarily looking for a promotion or different career, but a broader understanding of how the various components fit into this complex picture. This is why I chose to go back to school, on my own time, and earn my masters of science in emergency management. I did this while continuing in my current career. This is a heavy investment to make and one that took me two years to
Growing up, I never had a strong sense of who I was or where I was headed; nevertheless, I always had a joy, deep love, and passion for school, yet I lacked the esteem to aggressively pursue school. To demonstrate, I was nominated to participate in a program entitled Prep for Prep, but I was afraid of the challenges that were to come if I were to be accepted into this program. Therefore, I did not try as best on the exam and ultimately my thoughts manifested and I was not accepted into the program.
Over the last few years, I have had many leadership and community service opportunities. Nobody likes to hear the sound of a siren, but I want to be the one that arrives with that sound to help others. Since joining Northwest Pocket Fire Department last year, I have learned to juggle school along with training meetings and 4-hour night classes at the community college. My training includes working with people in the community and learning life-saving skills. I have also gone on multiple summer mission trips with my youth group. We served elderly and disabled individuals by cleaning and repairing their houses. Additionally, through Venture Crew 900, I have been able to provide community services such as setting up the
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The reasons that I got into the field of public administration was the community needs and its’ lifeblood. Plus, I have this desire to constant improve the overall policies for the ideal of good government. Ever since I got into the graduate school for a Master of Public Administration at the San Diego State University. I came from a small town in the east and moved to one of major cities in the United States. Everything and everyone from there opened my eyes wide opened to the world and all of its’ opportunities. I felt and recognized that the opportunity for this fellowship will help me with my career-development into full-time with the local government. Let me share my career goal with you, which is to be a City Manager at one day. Or even to be higher and daring than my current goal. I wanted to make a difference like every public servant wants. Despite of that comment I felt that I know what the hardship is like and I am ready to face more of it. As deaf person, which already experienced struggles and constant breaking barriers. While breaking those barriers I found out two key thinking are proactive and strive. Both of them have enhanced my thinking. Just same necessity for the local government to be a good government by being proactive and strive opposed to reactive or survival. I believe that I am capable candidate with great potential to be one of LGMFs. Especially with plenty of room for me to grow within this fellowship.