Scholarship / Short/long term goals - Hispanic Scholarship Foundation [2]

Tell us about your academic/career short-term and long-term goals.
How has your Hispanic heritage influenced these goals? *

600 words max

Chapters, that is how each part of my life is organized. I am the author of all of my thoughts, dreams, and secrets, which are carefully put into a chapter of my life. Someday, I hope to be the author of another story, I strive to be an author whose articles fill the magazines that young girls consume. I want to spread a message of confidence to young girls in a world where perfection seems unattainable. I believe that I can succeed in spreading the message of hope, courage, and love to young woman throughout the world. I realize for my dream to become a reality I will need to stellar journalism education. I plan to receive just that at Syracuse University's S.I Newhouse School of Communications where I will attend starting spring semester 2011.

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Undergraduate / "Why" + "Paid work experience" - My Syracuse essay.. [5]

1. Who or what influenced you to apply to Syracuse University?
I never imagined myself as I writer. I knew I loved to write, but actually being a writer did not seem possible. That was, until I joined journalism my sophomore year of high school, after my first year I knew I had found my future, which began my search for the perfect school for me to pursue my passion. Through my search, I discovered Syracuse. The more research on Syracuse I did the more I knew I belonged there. I feel in love with the school and began to dream of myself wearing a bright orange sweatshirt. I have always pushed myself to be the best and dedicate myself one hundred percent to everything I am involved in. At Syracuse, I know I will be able to, not only, accomplish the goals I have set for myself, but also realize unearthed aspirations.

2. If you have had paid work experience, what skills and/or knowledge did you gain?
When I was asked to teach adaptive swim lessons, I had no idea what I was walking into. I walked outside to the pool deck to see eight special needs children, eager to get into the water, and their anxious parents sitting by their sides. Adaptive swim lessons are true to their name, they taught me how to adapt and how to prepare for the unexpected. Teaching special needs children showed me a new side to the world and allowed me to connect with new people on a more personal level and see them not as special needs children, but simply as, children. Adaptive swim lessons strengthened by ability to handle new, and, at time, chaotic situations, with confidence and certainty.