LEDA seeks to bring together a community of scholars whose diverse life experiences have shaped their perspectives and goals. Tell us your story. How has your life experience shaped the person you are today?
Growing up my parents have only always expressed pure love and happiness around everyone, even though we faced a lifetime of financial problems. They helped me grow up to think positive about life even if everything might be falling apart. At one point, I remembered my parents having to sell almost everything we owned in order to pay our bills, but somehow they managed to keep a smile on their faces. I never truly realized show serious the situation was until I grew older. I always wanted to help, but I was too young at the time to make any significant impact. Their positivity throughout their hardships however, impacted me to this day and influenced me to look at obstacles as a foundation to build on. …show more content…
This was the start of my passion to travel around the world. One memorable trip was one that I took with my family to Vietnam when I was twelve. Life was so different there compared to the one I have at home. From the lifestyle, people, culture, tradition, and even the environment. It was definitely amazing to see the world with new eyes and a different perspective. However, I realized so many things when I was there as well, to never be ungrateful and to appreciate what I have, since others might not get the chance to do the
Growing up my parents have only always expressed pure love and happiness around everyone, even though we faced a lifetime of financial problems. They helped me grow up to think positive about life even if everything might be falling apart. At one point, I remembered my parents having to sell almost everything we owned in order to pay our bills, but somehow they managed to keep a smile on their faces. I never truly realized show serious the situation was until I grew older. I always wanted to help, but I was too young at the time to make any significant impact. Their positivity throughout their hardships however, impacted me to this day and influenced me to look at obstacles as a foundation to build on. …show more content…
This was the start of my passion to travel around the world. One memorable trip was one that I took with my family to Vietnam when I was twelve. Life was so different there compared to the one I have at home. From the lifestyle, people, culture, tradition, and even the environment. It was definitely amazing to see the world with new eyes and a different perspective. However, I realized so many things when I was there as well, to never be ungrateful and to appreciate what I have, since others might not get the chance to do the