Personal Statement: A Career As A Nurse

I became interested in public health following a conversation surrounding my career choices with my older sister who currently work as a Nurse Manager. It all started with me reflecting on my life, and where it was heading post undergrad and working in job fields that were not fulfilling and satisfying. Henceforth I was determined to find a program that arouse passion and filled me with joy when thinking about countless possibilities I would have to help the community at large and started researching the avenues I can take with an MPH degree. I had always been fascinated with health care and wanted to be a part of the health field, but would often pull away from the notion as I thought all of health care consist of medical and clinical practices,

Mahatma Gandhi said it best when he stated the following" You must be the change you wish to see in the world". As an educator I have been fortunate to work with various groups of children from all walks of life and I have learned a great deal from them as they have from me. I learned a lot about diverse communities and how hard it is for parents who speaks another language to be able to conform to American standard and foster the education and well being of their children in guidance with American standards. Moreover a majority of those families are not aware of the resources available to them in their community due to language and economic barriers they face. I have seen first hand how the school, government, are simply not doing enough for those families due to their barriers and does not even bother to appeal to them to see in which way they can better help them adjust to their new life, and see what basic needs they have and how to target those needs and help them give back to their community. I hope to bridge the gap between poverty, healthcare, and education to help defy the odds for many of those living in poverty. I am a firm believer in change and re-educating those who feels as though their living situations and life situations defines who they are, and determines their fate, I want to continue to fight against that thought process by advocating for scholarship, leadership, trainings to help better foster those communities and others around

An MPH degree will provide me with the high skills necessary to conduct research on beneficial ways that will help combat overpopulation, economic hardship and hunger crisis that plague majority of the world. It will provide me the opportunity to work side by side with world leaders to try to solve the country/world most enigmatic problems, but also the chance to make a difference in another human beings’