Oreoluwa Adeyinka
Personal Statement
Montclair State University, New Jersey
Degree Objective: Environmental Management PhD
I remember the day I was taught about Venn diagrams in math class. I always wanted to be the subset that connected all three circles together and I hope that at the end of this statement you can help me accomplish that goal by granting me admission to Montclair State University, New Jersey to study Environmental Management.
First Circle Missionary Parents. The one security question I never use is what is the name of your middle school (in my case primary school). This was because I went to fifteen of them. We moved round a lot while I was growing up and that gave me the opportunity to be able to see how people in different countries …show more content…
My parents decided to live in Jos, Plateau State (Nigeria), this was the state where the Boko Haram riots started. Before I got called to complete my National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), I decided to volunteer at the Air Force Hospital. That experience was eye opening for me, whenever I had to chance to talk to patients and ask them why they didn’t use inexpensive methods to help them avoid infectious diseases the response was they had no knowledge of such methods. I wanted to know why these communities were not taught these methods, especially with the unrest due to the riots. That was my introduction to public health.
I was posted to serve at the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC). Working for NAFDAC showed me another side of public health that dealt with the polices and regulations that protected our food and drugs as a nation. Prior to working for this organization I always felt that the government was not working hard enough to protect the people, but I learnt that to enforce the polices they needed an educated work force which they were
Personal Statement
Montclair State University, New Jersey
Degree Objective: Environmental Management PhD
I remember the day I was taught about Venn diagrams in math class. I always wanted to be the subset that connected all three circles together and I hope that at the end of this statement you can help me accomplish that goal by granting me admission to Montclair State University, New Jersey to study Environmental Management.
First Circle Missionary Parents. The one security question I never use is what is the name of your middle school (in my case primary school). This was because I went to fifteen of them. We moved round a lot while I was growing up and that gave me the opportunity to be able to see how people in different countries …show more content…
My parents decided to live in Jos, Plateau State (Nigeria), this was the state where the Boko Haram riots started. Before I got called to complete my National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), I decided to volunteer at the Air Force Hospital. That experience was eye opening for me, whenever I had to chance to talk to patients and ask them why they didn’t use inexpensive methods to help them avoid infectious diseases the response was they had no knowledge of such methods. I wanted to know why these communities were not taught these methods, especially with the unrest due to the riots. That was my introduction to public health.
I was posted to serve at the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC). Working for NAFDAC showed me another side of public health that dealt with the polices and regulations that protected our food and drugs as a nation. Prior to working for this organization I always felt that the government was not working hard enough to protect the people, but I learnt that to enforce the polices they needed an educated work force which they were