Immigrant Personal Statement

As a teenager, my family and I immigrated to the United States. Five years later, I became a naturalized citizen and this event, was a significant moment in my life. I was proud of becoming an American citizens, I appreciated it rich history, culture and the opportunities it provided to me. These opportunities probably would not have been possible in my native country. I was able to go to college, graduate and travel the world.
Every day, I thank my lucky stars and wonder how I got to be this fortunate. To have this many opportunities and live happily. It has been a dream of mine to work in the Foreign Service Office and when I receive an email notification about Spanish Consular vacancies, I knew that this was my destiny. Not just because

At the same time, I was admitted into the Special Education credential program at my university. I unquestionable, wanted to touch people’s lives in different ways. In the summer of 2007, I worked at a visually impaired camp as a Lead Female Counselor. As a leader, I actively supervised the counselors under my care as well as the campers. I solved problems and collaborated with the team (staff, director) to create fun activities for the campers. I also reported concerns and accomplishments to the Camp Director.
Weeks after camp, my professional career began as a middle school special needs teacher in Northern California. I worked in a very multicultural environment where Asians and Hispanics made up most of the student demographics at my school. The skills that were important to this job included: Patience, Flexibility, Adaptability, Spanish Language, Team Player and Leadership. Given that a quarter of my class spoke Spanish as their first language, I learned Spanish in order to communicate with them and their

So the following year, I resigned from my job as a teacher in order to move to Spain and learn Spanish. I enrolled at the University of Malaga and took two intensive summer courses and a semester course. By immersing myself in the culture, I was able to learn its language quicker. I left Spain with an intermediate certificate in Spanish.
I returned home months later and contemplated my future. I truly enjoyed the six months I spent in Spain and the traveling I was about to do during and after my stay. So I decided that I wanted to teach and work oversees. I applied for jobs through a teaching recruitment agency and listed Hong Kong, South Korea and Japan as my top three countries of preference. At this point, I had travelled to over forty countries but none in Asia. The agency called me back to ask about my feeling about working in the United Arab Emirates. I also had never been to the Middle East and my response was why