Good morning all. Please help me evaluate this essay for my chevening scholarship and please indicate the area you think I should reconstruct. Thank you.
Leadership to me is an ability to influence or inspire people and change their lives positively. Thus, leadership for me is inherent as I strive to change the world around me. As a girl, I dreamt of creating job opportunities in my country where the unemployment is on the high side.
I have been able to lead and influence which is evident in my career endeavours as a film and Beauty Makeup artist. I was the best in the department of Theatre and Film studies Nnamdi Azikiwe University Awka from 2012 to 2015 earning admiration from students and lecturers. I coached my fellow students on how to create realistic makeup effects for stage/ movie productions as well as Beauty Makeup. Three from my class motivated, have chosen a career as makeup artist while my department has improved greatly in stage makeup.
After graduation, I started working on Nollywood movie sets. I employed two friends who had little Knowledge of makeup as my assistants. Today, they are both trending as a Makeup artists.
During my mandatory one year National Youth Service, I served as a classroom teacher at The Ambassadors College Ota, where I tutored the whole junior secondary (18 classes) Cultural and Creative Arts twice a week and their performance was incredible. I also trained three fellow Corp members on Makeup application. Alongside, I was part of an organising committee in my Community Development Service group which organised a sensitization on The Importance of Culture in secondary schools. We also created awareness on a tourism potential we discovered which could be beneficial to my country.
I have also impacted lives through community theatres. My group in school effected change in Umuogbu community Awka by cleaning up their dirty environment and managing their waste disposal of which they later joined in the following week. The program was aimed at reducing Malaria and Typhoid in that community through participation and dramatic activities. We also used drama as a propaganda in Amawbia community on the issue of land thievery which was their major problem. My group also visited primary schools where we used drama, poems and storytelling sessions to teach morals and help in difficult topics.
I took part in organising a digital literacy program (Django Girls) which was spearheaded by my sister at Awka. The project was aimed at bridging gender gap in the technical world.
Currently, I have my company name registered (Sophytrick Creative Factory) and still working hard to establish it fully. I have been able to reduce unemployment rate in my little way by employing two people who I also train in the process and having trained (7) people who are now independent of which more are yet to enroll. Am only but happy that am able to inspire people around me. Being selected for Chevening will not only advance my leadership and influence ability, it would allow me meet and be part of young leaders who will shapen my country in our time.
Leadership and Influence Essay
Leadership to me is an ability to influence or inspire people and change their lives positively. Thus, leadership for me is inherent as I strive to change the world around me. As a girl, I dreamt of creating job opportunities in my country where the unemployment is on the high side.
I have been able to lead and influence which is evident in my career endeavours as a film and Beauty Makeup artist. I was the best in the department of Theatre and Film studies Nnamdi Azikiwe University Awka from 2012 to 2015 earning admiration from students and lecturers. I coached my fellow students on how to create realistic makeup effects for stage/ movie productions as well as Beauty Makeup. Three from my class motivated, have chosen a career as makeup artist while my department has improved greatly in stage makeup.
After graduation, I started working on Nollywood movie sets. I employed two friends who had little Knowledge of makeup as my assistants. Today, they are both trending as a Makeup artists.
During my mandatory one year National Youth Service, I served as a classroom teacher at The Ambassadors College Ota, where I tutored the whole junior secondary (18 classes) Cultural and Creative Arts twice a week and their performance was incredible. I also trained three fellow Corp members on Makeup application. Alongside, I was part of an organising committee in my Community Development Service group which organised a sensitization on The Importance of Culture in secondary schools. We also created awareness on a tourism potential we discovered which could be beneficial to my country.
I have also impacted lives through community theatres. My group in school effected change in Umuogbu community Awka by cleaning up their dirty environment and managing their waste disposal of which they later joined in the following week. The program was aimed at reducing Malaria and Typhoid in that community through participation and dramatic activities. We also used drama as a propaganda in Amawbia community on the issue of land thievery which was their major problem. My group also visited primary schools where we used drama, poems and storytelling sessions to teach morals and help in difficult topics.
I took part in organising a digital literacy program (Django Girls) which was spearheaded by my sister at Awka. The project was aimed at bridging gender gap in the technical world.
Currently, I have my company name registered (Sophytrick Creative Factory) and still working hard to establish it fully. I have been able to reduce unemployment rate in my little way by employing two people who I also train in the process and having trained (7) people who are now independent of which more are yet to enroll. Am only but happy that am able to inspire people around me. Being selected for Chevening will not only advance my leadership and influence ability, it would allow me meet and be part of young leaders who will shapen my country in our time.