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As I was a kid, I knew for a start my life will be a journey of marine life. You ask why? I manage to take care of an abandon 55-gallon fish tank with tropical fish. I knew it was my duty to maintain these fish and keep them alive at an age 10. As I did more research on aquatic animals, I feel in deep love in marine life. It was marine life that keep me from being a good student in high school. I got crazy saying I will be a marine biology and discover some type of fish in the Challenger Deep since it was known to be the deepest part of the ocean. My adventure for my career lies in the hands of the University of Arizona which they offer a Fisheries and Conservation Management and Marine Biology minor. Based on the marine related classes I have taken, I would be focus on conservation and/or educating to the public about marine life for my …show more content…

To begin with, my quest for finding a set-on marine life career is still in the process. I have now discovered that my forte will be around the areas of an outreach and aquarist careers. However, I have time to think about it since I am a Sophomore “technically” based how far I am from my degree. I am not looking into graduate school yet but will soon as I approach into my last two semesters. Additionally, I want to stress the idea of focusing on doing outreach programs around elementary schools based on personal experiences. I have participated into programs like Marine Discovery and Earth Science, which impacted my decisions on what I want to do for my career perhaps. For the reason, I was awed by how remarkable my actions of giving 3rd to 6th graders valuable knowledge and for them to be positively influenced by marine or earth science. Knowingly that I can see how I can change

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