Personal Essay
Who knew growing up would be so stressful. No one gave me advice on how to get through it, I had to learn on my own. But nothing has or ever will stop me from achieving my goals. Most of my family didn't finish school, or got the chance to start college. If I Lizette Mendoza finish high school and college, I would be the third person in the family to do so. I want to be that third person to make my parents proud. I'm the type of person who will give up when it gets tough. I don't want my family to see me as that failure who gave up. I want them to see me as the person who never gave up. I've been shy my whole life and I hate it. My childhood was tough, I moved to at least 3 different schools during my fifth grade year. It made me realize at such a young age that no matter what you go through you will alway get through it. It gives me hope. …show more content…
More specifically labor and delivery or surgeon. Family and friends question me about my career, they tell me if I'm sure about it and if I'm ready for it, my response to them is always- "of course I am, if I wasn't why would I choose it" just the thought of working with pregnant women and newborns, is something I want to do for the rest of my life. To also help those from dying and making them feel better, makes me feel better. But besides it all I feel that I will be a GREAT doctor. Ever since I was a kid my dream job had something to do with helping others in ways I wouldn't think I could. I wanted to be a veterinarian because I love animals, then I just grew out of it and it wasn't what I wanted to study. I also thought about being a pediatrician but it wasn't what I was going for. Then I thought of labor and delivery and said why not give it a try. Or to also be a surgeon, so many careers I can't make up my
Who knew growing up would be so stressful. No one gave me advice on how to get through it, I had to learn on my own. But nothing has or ever will stop me from achieving my goals. Most of my family didn't finish school, or got the chance to start college. If I Lizette Mendoza finish high school and college, I would be the third person in the family to do so. I want to be that third person to make my parents proud. I'm the type of person who will give up when it gets tough. I don't want my family to see me as that failure who gave up. I want them to see me as the person who never gave up. I've been shy my whole life and I hate it. My childhood was tough, I moved to at least 3 different schools during my fifth grade year. It made me realize at such a young age that no matter what you go through you will alway get through it. It gives me hope. …show more content…
More specifically labor and delivery or surgeon. Family and friends question me about my career, they tell me if I'm sure about it and if I'm ready for it, my response to them is always- "of course I am, if I wasn't why would I choose it" just the thought of working with pregnant women and newborns, is something I want to do for the rest of my life. To also help those from dying and making them feel better, makes me feel better. But besides it all I feel that I will be a GREAT doctor. Ever since I was a kid my dream job had something to do with helping others in ways I wouldn't think I could. I wanted to be a veterinarian because I love animals, then I just grew out of it and it wasn't what I wanted to study. I also thought about being a pediatrician but it wasn't what I was going for. Then I thought of labor and delivery and said why not give it a try. Or to also be a surgeon, so many careers I can't make up my