My interest in majoring in secondary education sparked in my sophomore year of high school. Growing up, I often crossed paths with good and bad teachers, and the older I got, the more I realized how much impact a teacher makes in a child’s life. I grew up in a diverse community. However, it often lacked equity between all students. I would see kids get special treatment because of their race, culture, sex, socioeconomic status, etc. I was once one of those students whose parents didn’t have much involvement in my schooling because they were always at work. Though I am grateful that they worked to provide for my siblings and I, I didn’t always have that extra push other students had at home. It often left the teacher, and I was frustrated because the only learning I was doing was at school, which meant I was behind compared to my classmates’ rest. In the 3rd grade, I had a teacher that changed my life for the better. She made me change my perspective in school and encouraged my parents to be more involved, which was needed for me to progress in the future. She even offered English classes to parents, so they can help their children as well as learn to communicate with other people. Because of her, I was inspired to be a teacher and impact families’ lives positively. From my freshman year of high school to now, I help my uncle coach kids’ soccer from ages 6-13. My favorite thing about it is seeing the kids’ faces whenever they get a skill down or accomplish a personal goal. In my sophomore year, I started volunteering in my highschools lit lab, a program we had for students to go when they were struggling in class, and I helped out students with a variety of subjects. However, my favorite subject to teach was math. Two years later, and I was offered a job back at my old high school as a Wheeling High School AVID tutor, where I help students with any classes they are struggling with and help them keep organized and get ready for college. These opportunities helped me find my dream job, which is to be a high school math teacher. As a student from a minority group, I compromise to change educational disparities towards underrepresented groups by providing the extra support they need to facilitate their educational environment. I want to highlight the importance of parents involved and how they can guide them to stick to school and eventually obtain higher education. By receiving acceptance to this program, I will be able to receive the proper education on how to enrich and enhance my students’ classroom climate by knowing how to work with all students, further my mathematical skills, and most importantly, impact my students’ lives.

My interest in majoring in secondary education sparked in my sophomore year of high school. Growing up, I often crossed paths with good and bad teachers, and the older I got, the more I realized how much impact a teacher makes in a child’s life. I grew up in a diverse community. However, it often lacked equity between all students. I would see kids get special treatment because of their race, culture, sex, socioeconomic status, etc. I was once one of those students whose parents didn’t have much involvement in my schooling because they were always at work. Though I am grateful that they worked to provide for my siblings and me, I didn’t always have that extra push other students had at home. It often left the teacher, and I was frustrated because the only learning I was doing was at school, which meant I was behind compared to my classmates’ rest. In the 3rd grade, I had a teacher that changed my life for the better. She made me change my perspective in school and encouraged my parents to be more involved, which was needed for me to progress in the future. She even offered English classes to parents, so they can help their children as well as learn to communicate with other people. Because of her, I was inspired to be a teacher and impact families’ lives positively. From my freshman year of high school to now, I help my uncle coach kids’ soccer from ages 6-13. My favorite thing about it is seeing the kids’ faces whenever they get a skill down or accomplish a personal goal. In my sophomore year, I started volunteering in my highschools lit lab, a program we had for students to go when they were struggling in class, and I helped out students with a variety of subjects. However, my favorite subject to teach was math. Two years later, and I was offered a job back at my old high school as a Wheeling High School AVID tutor, where I help students with any classes they are struggling with and help them keep organized and get ready for college. These opportunities helped me find my dream job, which is to be a high school math teacher. As a student from a minority group, I compromise to change educational disparities towards underrepresented groups by providing the extra support they need to facilitate their educational environment. I want to highlight the importance of parents involved and how they can guide them to stick to school and eventually obtain higher education. By receiving acceptance to this program, I will be able to receive the proper education on how to enrich and enhance my students’ classroom climate by knowing how to work with all students, further my mathematical skills, and most importantly, impact my students’ lives.