The Importance Of Strength In My Life

Strength comes in all shapes and forms and I used to believe I didn’t possess any in me. That was a false assumption on my part. What I have learned about myself in the past two years of life is unbelievably astounding. One might never think that they truly could be happy going through countless trials in such a short amount of time, but if they didn’t happen in such a way, then I might have never learned so much about myself. I’ve learned that nothing lasts forever and one moment you could have everything and lose everything at a blink of an eye. I’ve learned that I want to change the world and be everything that my father never could be. I’ve learned that I’m stronger than the situations around me. No one will stop me, I am determined and

In all honestly, I never really chose Ivy Tech Community College, but here I am. You see, college never was in my agenda. In all honestly, nothing was in my agenda. I had no idea what I wanted to be or who I wanted to be. Since my family emigrated from Argentina, what my mom sought for my siblings and I was to obtain our high school education, something she herself couldn’t achieve in our home country. That was it. She came to this country with a suitcase, a visa, and her dreams. With her strength and the help of my stepfather, she was able to support my sister and my brother through high school. However, in my case all was great until my sophomore year of high school. My mother and stepfather separated when our successful family business started to collapse. Everything crumbled in my life and I lost a lot of materialistic and emotional belongings.

During my junior and senior year I took classes in engineering that sparked an interest in me that I didn’t have before. In those classes I realized I really enjoyed different aspects of automation, manufacturing, and robotics. Thanks to the influence of those classes, I realized I would love to pursue a career in engineering. Ultimately, I would like to go on to receive a Ph.D. in a yet to be decided field. I’ve found that I have a passion for learning and understanding. In order to achieve my academic goals I needed to start somewhere. I enrolled in the ASAP program in order to obtain an associate’s degree in liberal arts in 11 months rather than the traditional two year route. From there I would like to obtain a career where I can stabilize myself financially for a couple of years and then return to school to further my education and specialize myself in a certain field of manufacturing design or engineering. My motivation for college is to someday look back and tell everyone that anything is possible with hard work and