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I am currently in the Washington Army National Guard and love the leadership skills it has given me. Over the last five years of being in the guard, I have been given many leadership opportunities; such as being the shift lead for the airfield while on deployment. We worked with many militaries from all over the world; communicating the flight plans for the day and ensuring that everything ran smoothly. While in high school, I had the amazing opportunity to be a teacher’s assistant in the lifestyles class. We worked with kids with disabilities to help them learn the skills they would need to live independently once they moved out on their own. Learning to communicate effectively was one of my harder challenges. I learned that even if a person is able to come forward and articulate exactly what they want to say, taking the time to stop and listen is of great value. You never know how important it may be. By the end of the year, the student I was working with who had autism said my name. That was one of my most rewarding moments in high school. Currently, while at Pierce College, I am in a program where I am a conversation partner. I got assigned an exchange student from Kashmir and we meet twice a week. I have been to many countries so I thought I knew a lot about different cultures. However, I have learned so much by sitting down twice a week with my conversation partner and exchanging information about the American and Kashmir lifestyles and cultures with each other. I had never heard of Kashmir; let alone all of the struggles that the country has faced. My conversation partner lives on the control line of a country that has been at war for the past decade. It reminds me to be thankful for what we have and realize that we can l...

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...really bad pain in my chest and I could not sleep so I made another doctor’s appointment. When I got there, the doctor took a look at my breast and realized that one was much larger than the other. I went right to ultrasound where they found many cysts in my breast. That was one of the most painful but relieving procedures. I was assured that it was not breast cancer and that I should be fine within a few days. I am very thankful for the technology of ultrasound and I want to be able to help people who have been in similar situations like me. During my 2013 summer break, I also took a certified nursing assistant course and have been working as a Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) since September 2013. I am very interested in becoming a student at Seattle University and I would be thrilled to be given the opportunity to be a part of the Diagnostic Ultrasound Program.

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