My childhood experiences can best be summed in a quote by Walt Disney, “It’s kind of fun to do the impossible.” My father taught me that nothing is beyond my reach, no challenge too great, for me to accomplish. I watched him as a young child do things in his business that everyone told him would be impossible and yet he succeeded and went on to become very successful. His tenacity and vision are the very traits that I have inherited and that allow me to succeed in whatever path lays before me. As a youth, I began to notice that my aunt Kathy was different. I couldn’t identify the issue but I wanted to understand it. I was a teenager, but I heard people in the family mention the word mental illness. I had no idea what that word meant but I was intrigued, so I went to the library. I spent countless hours and days, reading about mental illness. This began a lifelong fascination with psychology. Over the years, my aunt suffered greatly with her illness and through all the doctor appointments, board and care facilities, and hospitalizations it served to strengthen my resolve to one day work with in this field. …show more content…
As the years went by, I silently prayed that someday I would be able to make my way inside the rooms I so desperately knew I belonged in. Being that I am a first generation college student, the importance of a college education was something that was overlooked. The overall feeling in our home in regards to college was that you didn’t need college to succeed, you just make your dreams happen. The problem for me was I wanted the college education. Sitting inside the classroom, absorbing all the knowledge and information I possibly could, that was my