When I was a little girl my mother worked as a lab technician at the Toronto Hospital in Ontario Canada. I remember going to the lab every chance I got. I was fascinated by the atmosphere, the equipment and the experiments that took place there and I knew that when the time was right, I'd find myself working in the same atmosphere. This was just a preview of what was to come for me.
Sad to say that my dream job was put on hold as I unexpectedly became a mother (which turned out to be another great moment in my life...twice). But as motherhood flourished my dreams took a back seat. A difficult circumstance came about with my daughter, who was 4 at the time, which made me look at my life and where I was headed. At the time...I was headed nowhere a little too fast for my liking, time was slipping away and I knew that I had to do something more beneficial for my children and myself. So I decided to put my brain back to the test and enroll in school. It is one of the best decisions that I have made in a long time. I started my college career at the age of 30...better late then never I always say!
As the semesters went by, I became more and more confident in my abilities as a mother, student and peer mentor. My grade steadily increased until I reached the status of Phi Theta Kappa and became a member of the prestigious Presidents club at PC for achieving straight A's. I am determined to be the best example that I can for my children and others around me. It has been a difficult road for me personally but this internship has opened my eyes to my own possibilities, possibilities that I always knew were there but that had been suppressed for one reason or another.
I will be graduating at the end of this year, which is a great personal accomplishment for me and for my family as I will be the first one in my family to graduate from College. I would like to thank all of my family, my boyfriend Tomas, my friends and all my teachers that believed in me and helped my reach my potential. Also a special thanks to Amanda Chapman for taking a chance on me and giving me this opportunity.
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