Create a new account

It's simple, and free.

Two Personal Essays

As a Getty Intern, I hope to broaden my world view and gain an insight into the human experience of art that I can take with me to my future endeavors, while also gaining a new range of personal skills and meeting a variety of people whom I might otherwise never have the opportunity to meet, learn from, and perhaps share my own background and perspectives with.

I should perhaps say something about my background and long-term personal goals, and how they relate to the Getty Internship opportunity. "Cultural diversity" has become a popular catch-phrase in the past few years. Growing up, I seldom thought about cultural diversity, any more than a fish thinks about water, because of my background. My father is Bahamian, and my mother is part Latina and part African-American; consequently, I could scarcely escape cultural diversity in my home and family. I regard myself as exceptionally fortunate in having had such a varied background, and in having been exposed to so wide a range of experiences from childhood on. My family lived in the Bahamas for a number of years while I was growing up, and I enjoyed the unusual experience of representing the Bahamas in the Miss Islands of the World contest.

Since moving to Southern California, I have had the opportunity to be exposed to much of the life of the region. I have done clerical work for the First A.M.E. Church in Los Angeles, and worked for Operation Hope, part of RLA (Rebuild Los Angeles) during 1992-93. I am currently attending Santa Monica College, but will be transferring to a four-year university this fall.

I have not yet narrowly defined my career goals in the sense of selecting a college major and planned career path; at this point in my life, I wish to keep my options open. I have found deep satisfaction, however, in my church work and in my participation in Operation Hope, and expect to pursue a career that will involve active participation in community work and com...

Page 1 of 6 Next >

More on Two Personal Essays...

Loading...
APA     MLA     Chicago
Two Personal Essays. (1969, December 31). In LotsofEssays.com. Retrieved 13:15, March 28, 2024, from https://www.lotsofessays.com/viewpaper/1692381.html