Baccalaureate In User Experience Design At Lesley University

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If there is one thing that I have learned in life, it is that if you keep a positive attitude and constantly strive to put your best foot forward, you will overcome your immediate problems and find you are ready for greater challenges. As I travel up this road to accomplishing a baccalaureate in User Experience Design at Lesley University I want to take you back in time. From a tender age, I have always been fascinated with technology and my mind would fill up with thoughts on how I could help society for the greater good of mankind. Daydreaming about how I can make a change in the world and performing actions that have allowed me to help others has been happening since my younger days, even up till now. I was fixing computers at the age of …show more content…

In my head, I had it all planned. “I am going to school to become a doctor!”. But as I reflect on my past, I see that through high school, while I remained in the honors program and enjoyed these subjects; I overlooked many other great skills I possessed and enjoyed doing. Being that I was always very creative, I spent much of my time indulging in various types of arts during and after school hours. I was a leader in the Ambassador’s Club, team captain of the media club, and receiving A’s in Java web designing class. Moreover, applying that same knowledge for creating blog pages, Myspace customizing templates, and websites for friends, family, and even some small businesses. To this day, I still look back at the awards given to me from participating in these …show more content…

It just seemed to keep knocking on my door; and trust me, I am ready to open and embrace. I have always thought and worked in the manner of a user experienced designer and never realized until now that this was my true aspiration. When I 1st began college, I thought a career in medicine would be best. But as John Dewey has said “We do not learn from experience… we learn from reflecting on experience.” I enjoy mathematics and science. I also love the arts and being creative just as much as I love helping others come to resolutions. From the time that I was a peewee to a college student, I have always been on the honor roll and pride myself on being a mentor to others. Needless to mention the several awards from jobs and schools complimenting great work ethics, productions, results, and going above and beyond for the citizens of our society. I take great pride in whatever I set my mind to do; because whatever is worth doing, is worth doing right. Which is why Lesley University’s program a great fit for me. It fits my lifestyle and will also grant me the building blocks to achieve the goals that I have. Now that I have the knowledge and skills to help others create our future brings me great pleasure and determination to spread what I know and allow my designs to manifest into reality. User Experience is very important because it connects user's communication, both physically and psychologically