My family and friends have always described me as bold and talkative, someone who isn’t afraid to walk over to others and strike up a conversation. My family struggled with this when I was a toddler and would walk up to strangers in restaurants to say hello. This carried on later into my life, allowing for me to grow strong in terms of customer service and communication. Customer service and communication have allowed me to continue to do what I love throughout my life. These skills have enabled me to continue helping others and pursue jobs where I’m doing exactly that. Health and wellness are big focuses of mine, as one can see through my variety of work from personal training to bartending to assisting in research labs and legal offices. Over the years, these experiences have allowed me to strengthen various skills. I’ve had practice writing anything from research proposals to drafting legal examinations. I’ve also had practice in working with various schedules, memorizing small details, and keeping up with a fast-paced work environment.At the end of the day, through my work, school, and volunteer activities, I’ve realized that I have a passion for helping others. With my values heavily set in health and wellness, both physical and psychological, and my experiences in legal work, I’ve decided to pursue psychology and criminal justice.My next steps are to attend graduate school after completing my bachelor’s degree in May of 2023 and to pursue forensic psychology in my career field. Through my work, I’ve discovered that I love investigations and research, especially in where they overlap with psychology.