I am not a force to be wreckionged with. I have been told that my smile is contagious, my empathy has lifted people out of darkness, and that I hold the ability to accentuate the positive and redirect the negative. I am not a force to be wrecking with. With all my traits put together, I have created myself as a strong force, with the characteristics to make a successful physical therapist. Granted, I did not always know where my active abilities would take me, but I knew they were going to help me change lives.
At first, I thought I would follow my dad’s footsteps and become a registered nurse in the military, but he stipulated otherwise, as his daughter, and after his deployment to Afghanistan with his post-traumatic stress disordering experiences. SucOne of his aexperiences thoccurred timwhen he was caring for a fellow soldier who had just lost all four of his limbs, due to a roadside explosion, andwhile simultaneously going through a lock -down procedure because an enemy had entered the facility, with a bomb strapped to his chest, screaming a passionate praise to “Allah”. While all forces have the ability to be weakened, I felt my dad had his weakened during his orders to war and he did not want the same to happen to me.
I want to change lives as a physical therapist, and at Western Washington University (WWU) where the educational pathway is guided by the motto, of “Active Minds Changing Lives”, I can apply my traits and expand my knowledge to do so. Though my transfer to WWU is later in my life than I have planned, I have used my extra time and experiences to refine myself and hone in on my strengths and crematke my weaknesses to work for me rather than against me, and. nNo matter the additional time and experiences, I plan to succeed. I have taken my dad’s experience in Afghanistan to remind me to futher drive my abilities to conquer challenges that I may face in the classroom and in my future with each one of my patients in order to change as many lives as I can.