Brie Pastor… below you’ll find excerpts from her winning essay for the Global Awareness portion of the 2020 Building A Better World Scholarship.
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The Bubble… “Every person has a bubble they feel comfortable living in. In that comfort zone we are confined to the walls we build ourselves. In that zone, we are unable to seek out fulfilling lives and instill ourselves new mindsets to look at the world in a new, more creative, and most importantly more appreciative way. This way of looking at the world with curiosity about life around us, with the desire to change and improve it is what it means to be globally aware.”
First World advantages… “From the minute I was born as a citizen in a first world country, I was automatically given a head start and advantage to build opportunities for myself. This is because I was provided with the proper technology, human capital, and resources that other kids in countries less fortunate don’t receive. When I wake up, I don’t have to worry about where my next meal is coming from, or if I will sleep with a roof over my head that night. These opportunities that others don’t have the privilege of gives me responsibility and diligence to give my time to become observant of the people and environments around me. My privileges also allow me to provide myself with an understanding of other cultures and to look further than my problems, that are super insignificant in the big scheme of things.”
Getting off the couch… “Having the dream of making the most out of my knowledge of global awareness has ingrained me with the desire to help and understand the cultures around me and other problems than in my own life. It has ultimately made me realize life is about challenging yourself and getting off the couch and making a difference.”
Serving the less fortunate… “Although, I can see myself working within the United States and more locally right away, going to third world countries, or more specifically African countries is a serious dream of mine. This would be the point in time where I could take the opportunity from my career and improve the health of those in need and that have a lack of medical resources. I know that those in third world countries are born with problems much more serious than others around me in my daily life and want to make a selfless impact by helping them.”
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Brianna’s plan: “I will be attending Aquinas college to play softball and to achieve my short term goal of obtaining my undergraduate degree in Biology with a Pre-Physician Assistant track. Getting this degree will pave me a path towards my long term goal. This long term goal is to finish up my education at a school that has a Physician Assistant program and welcome myself into my desired profession, a Physician Assistant. This career is a goal and aspiration of mine because I want to be able to make a positive change in as many people’s lives as possible.”
