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Through The Arts Education Personal Statement

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Education is home for me. After spending my life moving around the country and the world, school has been my constant - until it wasn’t. In the fall of 2013, I began to develop severe, debilitating migraines. I was in and out of the hospital, receiving tests, but getting no promising news on my condition. I spent most of my high school career bedridden, isolated from peers, teachers, and family. I was at risk of not graduating, but I refused to give up and my school refused to give up on me. Teachers, family members, and peers fought on my behalf. They rose up, we pulled through this situation, and eventually I graduated. After treatment and research, my migraines are a thing of the distant past, but serve as a reminder. Through difficult times and the inconstancy of a physical home, education …show more content…

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