Looking back I can always remember people suggesting that I should become a lawyer. The only problem was that, law was not my passion. I pursed it to please everyone and I thought eventually I would learn to love practicing law. However, once I graduated high school, and began undergrad for political science, the field I thought would prepare be for law school.
Something inside of me throughout my matriculation kept telling me to change my major. Yet, I never did because I was still pushing myself to become what everyone suggested I could be great at.
It was not until I began internship at the Tennessee State’s Capital, I decided to take my future in my hands and follow my own heart. When applying for the intern position I had to pick three areas I was interested in working with. My first choose was law, my next was finances, and my last was education. I have always had an interest in education, but shied away from the field for several different reasons. As faith would have it that I was selected as the head intern to the House of Representatives’ Education Committee and working in the Education Committee Chairman’s Office. The Chairman had a long career as a Tennessee educator before he became involved in politics. His
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Belmont University stood out to me because I am a huge supporter of Christian Base Colleges and Universities. Our beneficiary core values explain who I am as a person and what I valued in people. Another reason I connected to Belmont University is because everyone I met seemed to have graduated from or attends Belmont University and they only spoke of great things about the school. Knowing I will be mentored by experience teachers and professors, receive my teaching license and Masters in one year. While being able to continue working for Metro Nashville Public Schools system was the biggest selling factor in my choice to attend