Receiving an education is significantly important to me. This is why one of my ambitions is to finish graduate school and receive a master’s degree in higher education leadership. My intent of finishing graduate school is not only to make a better life for myself but to prove to others what they thought was impossible. Some people, who have the opportunity to go to college, go because their parents expect it of them, for me, it is different. I want to be successful and be an example to my family and other inner-city youth. My life is about paving the way and setting high standards. I want to demonstrate to myself, to my community and society that I am capable of achieving whatever comes to mind. Not always with success but with the ability to learn from my mistakes.
As so many have played in integral role in providing access to higher education for me, it is my duty and desire to do the same for others and nurture the life long learner in myself. My ambition is to work in higher education. I want to start off broad, working in different areas: academic advising, resident housing, student affairs, and/or financial aid. Having wide range of experiences will give me the opportunity to gain different perspectives, skills and allow me to be a well-rounded working professional. Eventually, I want to work at a community college providing resources and support systems to disadvantaged students something similar to the Educational Opportunity Program. I want to work for an organization that respects, honors and embraces a successful professional working mother because I plan to have kids in the future.
My aspirations consist of family values: service, empowerment, and community. It’s about giving back and educating my community. An aspiration for me is having a scholarship foundation in which I give undocumented students scholarships to pursue their dream of obtaining a higher education. Through my accomplishments I hope to inspire others to follow their dreams. I want to empower young people through education. As first generation Latina I want to leave a legacy to be remembered as a hard working citizen who through hard work and dedication was able to receive an education and use it to empower and educate students who were once in her footsteps. I want to be an example for students of color, my nieces and nephews that regardless of their circumstances that they too can achieve anything they put their mind to. To close, an aspiration of mine has always been to be a role model and educate my family in order to break the mold that they have been perpetuating for themselves and what society has been perpetuating to them.
¡Si Se Puede!
¡Si Se Puede!
