Personal Statement: Habitat For Humanity

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To me, Habitat for Humanity means, at the most basic level, helping build affordable shelter, a place to go at the end of the day and not needing to make undesirable but inevitable sacrifices. It’s helping a future homeowner build a house, a physical space so fundamental and foundational that everyone deserves to be constant in their lives. It’s the stepping stone, a door that opens better opportunities. It means a home for a family, a deserving place for children to grow up and thrive. It means learning not to take what I have for granted because not everyone was as privileged as me to not have to worry about shelter when I grew up, but knowing that I am in a position to make sure that can change. Why do you want to go on this trip?* Although