Cross Keys Sustainable Neighborhoods Personal Statement

“What are your dreams, Joseph?” my mentor, Mr. Bass, asked. “I love helping others,” I replied. Throughout my life, this was my passion. First, I wanted to be a firefighter, then a chef, and now a doctor. Recently, I developed a passion for robotics as well. I hope to find a way to combine these two passions into my future career in college. After college, I plan to attend medical school to work towards becoming a family physician. Aside from career goals, I hope to one day raise a family of my own and become a father, I dreamed of having growing up. From my experiences, I know that there is no limit in our potential, so I will work on progressing my life and bettering myself in any way shape or form.

Growing up in a Chinese and Vietnamese

They seek to improve the quality of life in our area, and I was thankful to have joined their cause and turn our cluster into a better close-knit community. During my time there, we made a website for our community that displays: educational opportunities, youth and senior programs, parks and recreation, and homeownership. I remembered being excited the first time I published the Cross Keys Sustainable Neighborhoods Initiative website. Personally, I know that my mom would have loved a website like this, because she was seeking places where they offered basic English courses for adults. It fills me with pride to know that I helped create a website where people like my mother can now have access to these opportunities.

Additionally, I became an advocate by joining the Georgia Asian Pacific Islander Team Empowerment coalition, which focuses on preventing substance abuse in my local community. Through this coalition, I was a co-presenter on the Power of Youth in Prevention for the 9th Annual Georgia School of Addiction Studies Conference in front of an adult audience interested in creating a CAT in their organizations. To this day, I find it incredible that I helped change the typical dynamic into one in which the young are teaching the

I absolutely hope to find a community to support in college. Events and opportunities are open to everyone and I am glad to have taken the initiative to pursue them with CAT. It truly does take a village to raise an individual. In conclusion, I hope to implement this approach by giving back in my own community through my future work in the healthcare industry. Growing up in my community, we lack many resources such as healthcare. I will be an individual who gives back to my community and share my successes, because I would not be here without my community. Additionally, I hope to serve as a role model for future generations to come that success can be achieved regardless of our background and adversities we faced. These barriers should not be the roof limiting our potential, but rather our foundations where we would rise from adversity to