Professional Goals

As I began my first year of university, I had a clear idea of my goals and future. I went into Psychology seeking the dream of being able to change how the judicial system treats those with mental disabilities. The more experience I gained in this subject, the more I realized this was not the career path for me. I belong helping families over come the issues that they are facing. I would like to help children working through issues with their family. These issues that are leading to create situations that prohibit them from their full potential to, in school, life, and home situations. I will now be pursuing a career in social work where I can help families and children with issues in their lives and mentor them so they are able to live …show more content…
This fits in right with the mission statement itself, “committed to the empowerment of impoverished, oppressed, vulnerable, and underserved populations.” The program was an innovative to get students to help take a stance on their future and realize that they had one no matter where they came from. I realized my students were leaving Bright Futures with an ambition for college. Through out the time I was there my students were progressing in grades, leadership, and overall attitudes shifted to become the students we knew they could be. What I achieved was that I could facilitate engaging and transformative learning opportunities through activities and …show more content…
As women I may not be blessed with all the privileges like some other people, I am privileged in other ways. I have been lucky enough to receive an education, and this I believe will interfere with my life as social worker. My goal is to work with families and children and I know more often than not they will be from low socio-economic status. Going to college will be more of a dream then reality to most of them. Most of these families do not have the income to send all of their children to college. With the right support these children or parents can and will receive an education. I do not believe that I will give my goal from helping them give up that dream, because they too deserve to go. They deserve to have that privilege like anyone