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I plan to make my dash worth living. I want to finish my undergraduate degree at CSULA with a high G.P.A. so that I can be accepted into the Masters ' Program to become a Family Marriage Therapist. Having a profession is extremely important to me because being the first person in my family to go to college I want to be able to provide for my family. My family is currently going through economic problems and I want to be able to help. I want to buy a house for my family so they can live comfortably and do not have to worry about money. A reason why my profession is important to me it is because I want to be able to help people. My main goal is to help children who have gone through traumatic events and help them deal with issues that have resulted …show more content…
I want to be able to spread happiness to the people that I love. I want to have a family and be a role model to my children and be able to guide them to become successful, responsible, healthy, educated, and happy individuals. I want to be a better daughter to my mom because throughout the years we have had our differences. I want to be an individual that is able to listen and tries to understand other people 's views even if I do not agree with them. I want to be a role model for my sister and be able to show her that having an education will benefit her in the future. I want to be a better granddaughter I want to be able to help out my grandparents whom I live with. I want to spend more time with them and show them and tell them how much I love and appreciate them. I want to be a better partner for my boyfriend I want to be able to support him in his decisions he makes to become a successful Accountant. I want to be able to trust him because he has shown me through the years that he is a person who I can trust because he simply those everything right. He treats me with respect, he values my education, he supports me emotionally, he is faithful and most importantly he is always willing to help me in anything I need without being selfish. The problem is that because of my horrible past and

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