Graduate / "The right to happiness" - Speech Therapy Graduate School Statement of Intent [4]

I've been stuck on just how to write this 500 word statement. I have no experience with children or adults with speech disorders, so I don't know how to express my experience as a good candidate other than my intentions to help others in this field. Here is what I have so far, I'm stuck on how to entirely complete this essay:

When I was a college sophomore I took a course in gender and society. It was in this course that I was unveiled to the fact that many people in this world are not given ethical living conditions and that due to their impoverished circumstances; they cannot obtain a sufficient quality of life. These facts swelled my heart with sadness, as I believed every person deserves not only the right to a good quality of life, but to the right of happiness as well.

My intentions to pursue speech therapy were just those; I wanted to improve a person's quality of life. Imagine the frustration of a client that was once able to utter terms of endearment to loved one, no longer can, because they have suffered a stroke. Communication amongst others is a key component in the pursuit of a person's long term state of happiness and well being. A client who cannot successfully and effectively communicate may feel as though they are excluded from society-their right to happiness is jeopardized.

Obtaining a Master's from _______ would help me pursue my intentions to take my education in speech therapy internationally, as I would like to join the Peace Corps after I complete my degree and help people in underdeveloped countries obtain a better quality of life but also, the pursuit of happiness.

Here is another draft that is perhaps a better way to begin this personal statement:

Every person is entitled to happiness. In psychology it's stated that there are only three components involved for a person to sustain long term happiness and a whole sense of well being, they are: variety, communication and helping others. In speech therapy, these components can be applied to the profession in various ways, both professionally and personally.

Imagine the frustration of a client that cannot effectively communicate themselves to their loved ones because they have suffered a stroke or the social anxiety of a child with a speech impediment. As noted earlier, communication is a vital component to a person's sense of belonging and happiness. A client that suffers from a speech disorder may feel a sense of hopelessness as well as perhaps exclusion from society as a whole, because they cannot effectively communicate themselves to others. The client may feel as though they will never be capable of communicating ever again. As I aspire to become a speech therapist, the idea that I positively change a person's quality of life by enhancing their ability to effectively communicate to their loved ones, is something I can't wait to be a part of.