" Tell us about your academic/career short term and long term goals. How has your Hispanic Heritage influenced these goals?.
Fed up with her job as a nanny, a mother of three decides its time that she deserves better. She gathers all her courage to go capture her dreams of getting an education, and swallows her pride as a 45 year old returning to school. Her little girls wait anxiously in the car, as their mother speaks with admissions. It's not long before their mother returns, she doesn't say a word, but as devastation overcomes her, she can't help but sob endlessly. Watching my mother cry when told she would never be able to attend University, was very impacting, although I was too young to understand, this would be one of the many moments that have inspired my life aspirations. Since then my dream has been to pursue my business administration degree and create a non profit organization that focuses on providing children of undocumented families with support, motivation, and resources to get them on the path to a higher education. In essence, I want to do everything for a student that my mother has done for me. My mother came as a war refugee from Guatemala, fleeing a country of genocide and corruption. Life was grim, she left everything she ever had; her family, friends and her education, to search for opportunity in the United States. My mother may have left her studies to work in a factory and clean homes, but her determination was still with her. Due to hardships, and her unique circumstance my mother was not able to attend higher education at the time, but she knew the importance of a good education, and made every sacrifice possible to ensure that my siblings and I were given every chance that she was denied. Those sacrifices will never be forgotten. It is time that I start making change. While starting a non profit organization will have its obstacles, I have taken the initiative to make sure that I am prepared for the challenge. I have been actively involved with various community service organizations and student diversity clubs to get an idea of what the current need is. Just recently, I was selected to be a Big Sister, for the Big Brothers Big Sisters program. As a Big Sister my duty is to be a mentor and friend for my little sister. Being a part of the program, will help me gain a better understanding on a personal level some of the difficulties these students and families endure. I will be able to hear their fears and dreams, and get more inspiration as to what my non profit organization need's to accomplish. In addition, my academic studies are extremely important to me. It's important to me that I not only excel academically, but to apply what I learn. My goal is to raise my 3.5 gpa to a 4.0 by the end of Sophomore year, which I am confident in my abilities to do so.
20 years later, my mother is no longer a nanny, but a teacher with her masters degree in Spanish. My goal is to make success stories like my mothers, the rule, not the exception.
Fed up with her job as a nanny, a mother of three decides its time that she deserves better. She gathers all her courage to go capture her dreams of getting an education, and swallows her pride as a 45 year old returning to school. Her little girls wait anxiously in the car, as their mother speaks with admissions. It's not long before their mother returns, she doesn't say a word, but as devastation overcomes her, she can't help but sob endlessly. Watching my mother cry when told she would never be able to attend University, was very impacting, although I was too young to understand, this would be one of the many moments that have inspired my life aspirations. Since then my dream has been to pursue my business administration degree and create a non profit organization that focuses on providing children of undocumented families with support, motivation, and resources to get them on the path to a higher education. In essence, I want to do everything for a student that my mother has done for me. My mother came as a war refugee from Guatemala, fleeing a country of genocide and corruption. Life was grim, she left everything she ever had; her family, friends and her education, to search for opportunity in the United States. My mother may have left her studies to work in a factory and clean homes, but her determination was still with her. Due to hardships, and her unique circumstance my mother was not able to attend higher education at the time, but she knew the importance of a good education, and made every sacrifice possible to ensure that my siblings and I were given every chance that she was denied. Those sacrifices will never be forgotten. It is time that I start making change. While starting a non profit organization will have its obstacles, I have taken the initiative to make sure that I am prepared for the challenge. I have been actively involved with various community service organizations and student diversity clubs to get an idea of what the current need is. Just recently, I was selected to be a Big Sister, for the Big Brothers Big Sisters program. As a Big Sister my duty is to be a mentor and friend for my little sister. Being a part of the program, will help me gain a better understanding on a personal level some of the difficulties these students and families endure. I will be able to hear their fears and dreams, and get more inspiration as to what my non profit organization need's to accomplish. In addition, my academic studies are extremely important to me. It's important to me that I not only excel academically, but to apply what I learn. My goal is to raise my 3.5 gpa to a 4.0 by the end of Sophomore year, which I am confident in my abilities to do so.
20 years later, my mother is no longer a nanny, but a teacher with her masters degree in Spanish. My goal is to make success stories like my mothers, the rule, not the exception.
