Personal Narrative: My Purpose In Higher Education

Growing up in a traditional Mexican household, one is encouraged to work hard and strive to accomplish any goals we put forth for ourselves, but when it comes to education, most parents are barely high school graduates. Therefore, they lack in higher education experience, and as a result their kids at times suffer from it. There is no one to stir them in the right direction or show them the ropes around college life, which often leads to young high school graduates settling from jobs and not pursuing careers . I can personally say that I was one of those kids who did not have parents whom went on to attend college after graduating high school instead they had kids at a young age at made the best of the situation they were in. my parents did …show more content…
I consider him my mentor because this counselor has helped me develop confidence in myself and continues to push me to go on and obtain my masters degree. When I came to this man I was completely lost and did not know what I wanted to major in or what my purpose in college was, being the first to attend college in my family I was a total stranger to college. However, after several meetings with Mr.Ukita we developed a bond that even after I transferred to Cal State University, Los Angeles I still keep in contact with him. He has guided me throughout my college journey, any questions I had or have he is the person to answer them, I cannot thank him enough for what he has done. Besides, mentoring me in my college journey he has also thought me so much about of life in general, little things that help you as you move on in life and seek employment in the real world as Mr. Ukita would say.I can personally say that growing up my parents were not very open about anything that involved sensitive topics such as sex, or even allowing me to express my emotions, it was considered a sign of weakness. However, as I got older I came to the realization that I needed to do tings that were going to benefit me and only me because my parents had their life’s set already, so it was up to me to determine how I wanted my life to plan out. That’s why I had …show more content…
With experience comes wisdom and you eventually start to see things from a different lens as oppose to before. life puts you in situations that are out of your control, therefore, I feel that I would not change in the way I asked for help. I happened to cross paths with Mr. Ukita and I was not in control of selecting whom I wanted to make a counseling appointment with. I constantly reflect back upon this experience and realize that things do happen for a reason. As a result, I am in the process of graduating from CSULA with a BSW degree, much of the credit goes to my first counselor Mr.Ukita without his guidance I would not be in this tremendous