I am writing to apply for the advertised Graduate Assistantship in the Office for Multicultural Student Access and Retention. I am a current undergraduate student at Ohio University majoring in Media and Social Change with certificates in Social Media, Diversity Studies, and Strategic Leadership and Management and an accepted candidate of the Masters of Public Administration Program offered by the Voinovich School.
I believe I am like-minded with the Office for Multicultural Student Access and Retention; I am invested in the practice of student empowerment and academic enlightenment. My experiences fuel my passion for communication and programming that is stepped in accessibility and serving a community. I have taken on several leadership and organizing positions here at Ohio University such as serving the Women’s Affairs
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I have traveled to both Mandeville, Jamaica and London, England during my undergraduate career, and each trip was joyful and challenging in their own respects. Spending one week in Mandeville, Jamaica on a service learning experience, I found myself overwhelmed with history and politics as I was touring the country, which is also my father’s home country. Here, I experienced the country I come from through food, dance classes, music, and most importantly, through working with an elementary school to participate in and understand the politics the country and serve those in need. More recently, I spent four months in London, England as a student participant in a Fine Arts program. Here I gained another working vocabulary of the arts communities in London, as well as experience of conducting myself in a British setting. The greatest value I received from these trips was the departure from provincial perspective; I learned to navigate and communicate in a new culture as well as understand the history and responsibility that I inherit as a global