Personal Statement

I am the black sheep in my family. I am the one who has broken the mold so to speak and lived outside the status quo. In the eyes of others, I have not done anything extraordinary. However, in the eyes of my entire family I am that spark of HOPE! Whether my brother becomes an artist, my cousin becomes a veterinarian or my mother becomes a chef, I’d like to believe that I have influenced them to try something different. My seeing, believing, attempting and achieving a college degree that has inspired my family to think outside the norm and say “my life can be different”.
When I think of what led me to choose social work as my profession, there was no single event or person that led me to that decision. I have spent the greater portion of my life coming to the conclusion that I enjoy being able to help others. When I was younger, my mom described me as: “ an over achiever”, “smart”, “bossy”, and “the Mama”. I took care of my siblings, because in my eyes they were my babies. . In the third grade I just knew I was meant to be a teacher. Teaching would be the way I would be able to help other people. Through out middle school and high school I had an awesome role model/ mentor (who was my teacher in the 6th grade) that only reaffirmed for me that teaching was my calling. I wanted to be just like her. When I graduated, I went to college with a teaching degree on my mind. My freshman year in college, I had my first Teaching Assistantship (TA) and it was truly an eye opener. I remember having a boy in the fifth grade class I was placed in that caught my interest immediately. Everyday, I wondered about him. The boy stood out to me because of his obvious calls for attention and recognition. It seemed as though the teacher had gotten us...

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... I love becomes so unnerving that I can be of any use to others. As time goes by limitations will arise, but as I mature in the field I will conquer those limitations in order to pursue my goal of being a great social worker.
I hope and pray that whoever is reading my personal statement has gained valuable insights to the person I have become and the person I am currently striving to become. It is my goal to give back to society and I have chosen social work as my outlet. I want to one day be able to say I have given as many chances to others as people have given to me. I want to instill hope in children who have been told they would be nothing because of where they were raised. I want to aid elderly in need and help families overcoming life’s obstacles. I want to provide hope to the hopeless. I want to obtain my Master of Social work. I want to be a social worker.