I have always dreamed to be the next influential American for my generation. During my childhood I've always looked up to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Maya Angelou, and Misty Copeland; all African Americans who influenced me to be the person I am today. Martin Luther King taught me that change is possible and if I fight for what’s right an impact will be made. Maya Angelou taught me that you can express yourself without being flamboyant, but through metaphors, empowerment and irony. Misty Copeland made me realize that I can be an African American girl who dances, and I can make it out of my county doing what I love.…
One of the most outstanding strengths of Fiona is creativity. According to VIA Survey of Character Strength, creativity is a part of the virtue category of Wisdom. Wisdom deals with strengths that involve the way we acquire and use knowledge There are two essential components to creativity—originality and adaptiveness. Creativity mean innovative thinking and effective ways of doing things and through new ideas to fight for what you want. Fiona engage in the entertainment industry to be an actor and singer.…
I am a leader and strongly believe in working hard to obtain your goals. I also believe in not just standing up for what I think, but taking action and doing something CLINICAL SOCIAL WORK 4 about it. I am a committed student who is a compassionate human being and very determined to achieve my goal of becoming a Clinical Social Worker. I believe my life and experiences have molded me into a good person and have prepared me to do this type of work.…
Core strength: UCLA is driven by optimism and is proud of its sports culture. This has helped UCLA win more Olympic medals than most nations. Research opportunities: UCLA has two centers of research. The Center for Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences helps students improve their research skills, define academic interests and become a part of the university research community. The Center for Undergraduate Research in Sciences works to serve students and faculty in the life and physical sciences, engineering and mathematics.…
As a newly licensed attorney in the State of Texas with a Juris Doctorate degree from Thurgood Marshall School of Law and a Master of Social Work degree from the University of Houston, I am looking to use my skill set to be impactful in the area of immigration and family law. Thus is why, it is with great interest and passion that I submit my resume to apply for the Law Firm of Juan Reye Associate Attorney position. I have long standing passion for immigration. During my tenure in law school, I dedicated time to researching immigration issues on marriage fraud, violence against women’s act, and asylum. It was my intent upon passing the bar to focus in the area of immigration.…
I am writing to apply for the Academic Program Coordinator position at Seven Tepees. I am a first-generation Hmong American college graduate who is seeking opportunities to serve my community and ally minorities. Being a young scholar who struggled immensely from social inequality, I have developed a burning passion to uplift young people of color by assisting with access and retention in academia. Thus, I am pursuing a career in counseling so that I will have the credibility and power to assist youth in academics, social skills, and cultural awareness. I am interested in working with Seven Tepees Youth Program because I believe that our values and goals are aligned.…
Personal Statement One of the most defining achievements that I have accomplished in my twenty-two years is defying all obstacles that face a child of a low-income, teenage mother. At sixteen years old, my mother took the reigns of motherhood without hesitation despite my biological father leaving the picture. We grew up together. We made it through her abusive second husband, an ongoing legal battle surrounding child support, and the recent capstone of my coming out in our very conservative state.…
My personal leadership style is situational as I feel it is the most appropriate to my role as a Regional Education Specialist within a team. My role is not to manage, although I sometimes manage situations with various team members. My role is more of senior leadership on a local team so that I provide more direction, coaching, support and delegation to tasks based on individual team members’ skills and abilities as well as the situation at hand. Based on my own profile results, overall, I am mostly perceived as providing coaching and support to help teammates achieve their goals or identify areas to succeed where they are currently struggling or failing to achieve.…
My goal as a social worker is to ensure the best quality of services for clients. I personally felt that this certain aspect of services needed evaluation due to the outcome treatment was having on the clients. At times this population of clients was struggling in their treatment more than other clients. The treatment team would evaluate treatment progress and if the client continued not to make any progress they would then decide if treatment was terminated. They would say the client is “not a good fit for the program”.…
I was raised around the struggles of immigrants. My parents migrated here when they were in their still in their late teens. They fell in love and got married when they were about my age now, 22. Of course, I cannot recall the hardships they endured when I was still a child. I cannot recall how they were treated by employers, my teachers, and strangers.…
Life is difficult, I learned three important traits that are most valued to me trust, being optimistic, and having courage. I have four older brothers, an older sister, and a little brother. Before my sister, my little brother, and myself was born I lost one of my older brothers in a fire. I do not know the details because my mother does not like talking about it very much. Since then my parents always keep their eyes on all of us.…
With the degree of Masters in Social Work, I plan to provide therapy for the diverse community that I live in. I want to empower individuals to make beneficial changes in their lives, to inspire and guide those who seek hope and wellbeing and to contend with discrimination, oppression, and social…
For as long as I can remember I have always had the innate need to help the less fortunate. I used to tell myself that when it was time for me to choose a career, it would be in a field that I appreciate and love. My grandmother always told me that if I decided work in a field that I love, it would be as if I had never worked a day in my life and this is one of the reasons I have decided to pursue a degree in social work at your prominent university. I would like to become one of the professionals who advocate for the rights and fair treatment of oppressed groups. I would like to become one of the social work professionals who have their clients’ best interest at heart and fight to ensure that social and economic justice is present in our…
Having the motivation required in order to learn on your own. Active learners always strive to learn more. They have the drive to learn more and always are looking for solutions to problems. They have to have “self discipline, take initiative, be independent, persistent, accept responsibility, and overcome obstacles.” (Cobb, 2013)…
When we know what are strengths are it is easier for us to use those to help others and ourselves. In my opinion, being self-aware of who we are is vital to our growth in life and our career. If you do not know who you are, it is harder to be a leader in any organization. “Self-awareness means you see your talents and strengths clearly, but it also means you are aware of your weaknesses” (Clifton, Anderson, & Schreiner, 2006). After taking the StrengthsFinder survey by Donald Clifton, I found that my five greatest strengths are futuristic, significance, deliberative, analytical, and responsibility.…