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Andrea Garcia

Emily Litle

ENG 121001

21 August 2020

Journal 1

Finishing school is a goal that I plan to achieve, yet it will be the biggest goal I’ll be

completing during my lifetime. No one in my family has pursued an education beyond high

school, and now that I’m in college, it feels like all of my family members hopes and dreams are

compiled into a big weight on my shoulders. My family has full faith in me to graduate and

become successful, and not being able to do so would disappoint me, it would be like failing my

family.

Ideally, I would like to graduate from college and go to medical school. I want to

become a doctor who works within the sports and medicine field because I love the atmosphere

that sports bring, the games, athletes, and everything in between. I don’t see myself doing

anything else. The path I’ve chosen is certainly difficult and stressful, but I know I can get there.

I hope to join the small percentage of Hispanic and Latino students who graduate and

become doctors, and afterwards, become a role model for the other Latino and Hispanic students

who desire to grow and accomplish their dreams. I want to change the world by adding more

people of color in the medical field and become an advocate for students who desire to do the

same.

Growing up, I didn’t have anyone who looked like me or shared a similar background as

me that was in the field that I could look up to. I would love to change that and help other

students feel like anything is possible. If a Hispanic woman was able to get through the adversity
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of being in a field where not much women have gone, I think that can be very powerful and

inspire others to feel more comfortable to go for bigger aspirations. If I could even inspire just

one person, I would be changing the world, even if it’s just a small change, because I believe that

small change could ripple off like water and create a bigger change.