ESSAY 1
Why is service important to you and how has your service impacted your community?
By enriching the lives of people from all walks of life through service, I have had the opportunity to chronicle the human experience in a captivating way and have benefitted positively from doing so. During my two-year term as a National Honor Society officer, I raised money to support Gabriela, a fifth grader from Honduras to attend school for a year through Unbound. In September, I received correspondence from her.
"My biggest objective is to be a nurse," she wrote. “That is why I give the best of me to keep moving forward."
Gabriela reminded me that service is a driving force of positive change within a community. Her words stood as a symbolic reminder of the impact of every canned food drive I had organized and every Saturday morning I spent in homeless shelters. Every time I lifted my voice …show more content…
ESSAY 3
How have your values been shaped by your communities?
I grew up listening to stories about a malnourished boy with seven siblings who loved to dance. He twirled about with only a thatch roof above his head. I grew up listening to stories about a quiet girl locked into the rigidity of a military family.
Tales of land with a flag of green and white, where the future seemed dim due to a lack of electricity and a corruption-laden government. Then, the story would turn to America: the land of opportunity.
Being surrounded by the Nigerian community within Fairfield has instilled important values into me, and developed me into the person I am today. My parents’ stories stress the importance of perseverance, as they arrived here without food in their stomachs and an aching hunger for opportunity.
My diligence through high school is evidenced by my 4.0 GPA and ability to develop and copyright an award-winning Android
Why is service important to you and how has your service impacted your community?
By enriching the lives of people from all walks of life through service, I have had the opportunity to chronicle the human experience in a captivating way and have benefitted positively from doing so. During my two-year term as a National Honor Society officer, I raised money to support Gabriela, a fifth grader from Honduras to attend school for a year through Unbound. In September, I received correspondence from her.
"My biggest objective is to be a nurse," she wrote. “That is why I give the best of me to keep moving forward."
Gabriela reminded me that service is a driving force of positive change within a community. Her words stood as a symbolic reminder of the impact of every canned food drive I had organized and every Saturday morning I spent in homeless shelters. Every time I lifted my voice …show more content…
ESSAY 3
How have your values been shaped by your communities?
I grew up listening to stories about a malnourished boy with seven siblings who loved to dance. He twirled about with only a thatch roof above his head. I grew up listening to stories about a quiet girl locked into the rigidity of a military family.
Tales of land with a flag of green and white, where the future seemed dim due to a lack of electricity and a corruption-laden government. Then, the story would turn to America: the land of opportunity.
Being surrounded by the Nigerian community within Fairfield has instilled important values into me, and developed me into the person I am today. My parents’ stories stress the importance of perseverance, as they arrived here without food in their stomachs and an aching hunger for opportunity.
My diligence through high school is evidenced by my 4.0 GPA and ability to develop and copyright an award-winning Android