Personal Essay: Growing Up In Venezuela

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Growing up in the second biggest city in Venezuela, called Maracaibo, which is also where all the oil refineries are located, has proven me that different cultures must work together to succeed. In addition, living in the right city, can also provide you opportunities like no other.

Living in a city like Washington D.C. will give me the resources to succeed academically and professionally. Having world known institutions such as the World Bank, ant the International Monetary Fund a few miles away from the university, will help me learn in firsthand and shape my character as a leader, to be part of the change.

This change I want to be part of can only be made if I am mentored by passionate faculty, that foster a great environment with rigorous

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