Post-Secondary Educational Goals

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My post-secondary educational goals is to graduate from college with a master’s or doctorate's degree in Native American, Ethnic, or American studies. I have yet to decided what career I would like to pursue. However, I know that whatever it may be, I imagine myself working to help the Native people and will pursue that in whatever form that may be in. I believe I have a role as a Native American to attended and graduate college and apply that degree to improving life on the reservation for Native students and Native citizens. Despite roadblocks and situations where all odds could be against me, I proceed to carry on because I’m driven by my own interests and ambitions to keep pursing a better education for myself.
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