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Hello my name is Amber Link. I have lived here in Virginia beach, VA my whole life. I love to travel and take pictures. My hobbies includes taking pictures of clouds, doing puzzles and then gluing them so I don’t have to put them together again, and spending time with my family. I have an amazing boyfriend whom we have been together for more than 8 years. I have two handsome young sons who I greatly admire and adore as they are the light of life and I’m expecting another baby due this fall.<\/p>\n
I have had many jobs where I wasn’t happy and for the longest time I didn’t know what I wanted to do when I grew up. When I was young, I wanted to be an astronaut, a veterinarian, a construction worker, a race car driver, and so much more. I had big dreams to do so many amazing things, but when life happens such as having kids, and working to make ends meet, my dreams quickly faded away. Sometimes I am still undecided as finding the right job and where I belong. After I had my second son I decided to go back to school. I explored my options at Tidewater Community College and took a variety of classes to obtain my Associates in Social Science. Most of my classes were psychology based, but I am not wanting to go into psychology. I want to work with families and adolescents working within the Human Services field and that is my major here at ODU. I want to help children and teens who are in trouble and help their parents and families understand them. I want to help families come together not fall apart. I thought about being a school guidance counselor, which could still be a potential possibility, but being behind a desk is not for me. Paperwork and computers aren’t going to solve anybodies problems any faster sitting behind a desk. I want to be out in the field, or work in hospitals where I can socialize and interact with families and work specifically with adolescents and be the support they need. I was bullied throughout my whole school career except college. So I understand what it’s like to be humiliated and let down. I think to understand and get through to kids today, you have to know where they are coming from or have been where they are. Taking this course I hope\u00a0to better myself in a social aspect as I am an extremely shy person. Also while taking this course in hopes to better understand how vital it is to be social and interact with different kinds of people from different backgrounds.<\/p>\n
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