During high school I aspired to be a social worker, but I was told I was too sensitive. I decided I had to go to work, but unfortunately in 2009 the company I was working for had gone out of business. At this point my husband had become disabled. My family and I had to go on housing assistances and food stamps to get by. The next few years were very hard on my family. In 2010 my parents were in an automobile accident, my mother perished, and my father fractured both his legs and he had to live with us for 6 months as I nursed him back to health. I then continued to take care of his medical and social needs after he was able to move back home. In 2011, my stepdaughter, who we have full custody of, was diagnosed with mental illness. She also
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I graduated Kean in May 2017 with Bachelor’s degree in Sociology and a Bachelor’s degree in Psychology with a GPA of 3.877. At Kean I have joined the Student Organization and am now a Graduate Student Council Representative and Treasurer for the Social work club. My first semester in the Social Work Graduate Program ended with me receiving a 4.0 GPA
I am also an active member in my community, volunteering for many commissions in my town. For example, I am a co-president of the Special Education Parent Advisory Council, and coordinate the communication between our public-school administration and the parents of children with disabilities and special education needs. I also sit on the boards for the Universal Access, Human’s Relations and Recreation commissions in my town. Volunteerism is an important part of my life.
My whole life I have been the person that strangers come up and start telling me their life story and asking my advice. Being the mother of a child with learning disabilities, I can always tell the students in my classes who are struggling learners and make a point to give them my contact information, so that they have someone to help them. Everything that has happened in my life points to a career in Social Work as the best career for
I graduated Kean in May 2017 with Bachelor’s degree in Sociology and a Bachelor’s degree in Psychology with a GPA of 3.877. At Kean I have joined the Student Organization and am now a Graduate Student Council Representative and Treasurer for the Social work club. My first semester in the Social Work Graduate Program ended with me receiving a 4.0 GPA
I am also an active member in my community, volunteering for many commissions in my town. For example, I am a co-president of the Special Education Parent Advisory Council, and coordinate the communication between our public-school administration and the parents of children with disabilities and special education needs. I also sit on the boards for the Universal Access, Human’s Relations and Recreation commissions in my town. Volunteerism is an important part of my life.
My whole life I have been the person that strangers come up and start telling me their life story and asking my advice. Being the mother of a child with learning disabilities, I can always tell the students in my classes who are struggling learners and make a point to give them my contact information, so that they have someone to help them. Everything that has happened in my life points to a career in Social Work as the best career for