Some important life values I have lived by to pursue my career and schooling is dedication, optimism, and patience. These are very important to me because there are days where I have to dedicate all my time to certain subjects or sacrifice my weekends for school work or studying. That is where optimism and patience follow in because dedication usually requires a lot of positive thoughts as well as patience to see the results from the dedication.

I made the choice to continue onto higher education because I wanted to be the first in my family to graduate from a university as well as prove many statistics wrong. I got held back in the first grade and I was DETERMINED to graduate with my right class, and I did. My parents were the main reason I am where I am right now because they pushed me to be the best person and student I could be and made sure I never settled for less.