In 1981, at the age of five, I emigrated from Wroclaw, Poland to the United States of America. I was fortunate to have grown up minutes from one of the most culturally and socially diversified cities in the world, New York City. It is there that I was exposed to a broad spectrum of ethnicities and communities. It motivated me to more seriously consider my own identity and as a result, consciously pursue a balance between my own two cultures. After extensive research and careful consideration, I decided on the Cultural Anthropology-Citizen Sustainability program because I found it to be exceptionally well suited for my personal academic growth and my unwavering passion to better understand and appreciate the beauty in the diversity of the human experience. I decided on the University of Utrecht not only for its impressive global reputation and high standard of education, but its diversified and internationally oriented academic community. I am certain the overall experience of studying at Utrecht will further encourage my international experience and broaden my cultural exposure. Moreover, it will equip me with the tools to be able to play an active role in finding solutions to problems associated with …show more content…
The point of developing this methodology was to create a curriculum for Ramapo College and for citizen scientists and the Native American community to adopt and maintain. My further interest in cultural anthropology stems from my extensive travel experience. I have found that traveling, domestically and internationally, in it of itself has brought me countless invaluable lessons that cannot be found in any