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Social Work Reflective Essay

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Reflecting on my personal journey, in discovering social work and determining social work as my career, I now recognize my innate qualities which guided my pathway. My earliest memory is being seven years old and earnestly searching for my patron saint for confirmation. I recall reading book after book of saints and the splendid moment when I located St. Martin De Porres. After reading his biography, I knew instantly he would be my patron saint. St. Martin De Porres is the patron saint of social justice, animals, orphans and those seeking interracial harmony.
My admiration, for St. Martin De Porres, guided me through decisions of volunteer work, employment and my educational career. Through high school I volunteered at the USS Lexington in …show more content…

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