My Motivation

In my day to day life I make an effort to be present and open hearted with everyone I interact with and if I may say so myself, I think I do a damn good job.  I like smiling at people, it tends to catch them off guard.  I like to do things to help the environment, or to trigger interest in someone so they do their own research and free their minds.  People are hard to get through in America though, whereas in just about every third world country people are hungry for knowledge.  When I graduated a year before my class, I then went to Venezuela for 6 months and bounced around without any real place to go. My family had just been ripped out of our home we bounced around with relatives, basically homeless. 

I experienced so much in that time it gave me a different perspective on life. After coming home to the spoiled America I grew up in, still homeless, I decided that I am intelligent dedicated and capable, and I will make a difference. I have been through many struggles in the past 4 years to get on my feet with a strong foundation. My vision is to open libraries and schools throughout the planet. Emily Dickenson's poem "There is no frigate like a book," inspires me with the phrase, "this traverse may the poorest take without oppress of toll." Unfortunately the “poorest” countries have no resources for this beautiful mental journey that books offer.

The moment I realized my life’s goal was to open libraries and schools was the day went to visit an aunt of mine. I saw children playing in the dirt laughing and running around, entirely naked in the field next door where people build shelters out of scraps. These shelters are built out of anything ranging from wood to aluminum sheets, anything that can provide shade. After doing some research it shocked me to discover how many hundreds of thousands of families don't even have a school, let alone a library.

Even if I only manage to open a handful of schools or libraries there will be hundreds of lives that are directly impacted by it. Even if I don't make it until tomorrow, I at least hope to have touched a few lives. To reach my goal though, I must first further my education. Once I get my associates in business I’ll have the tools to run a successful company. When I am ready to take that nosedive I will decide which will be the most prosperous and will provide the profit I need to open my first library. Nothing will stop me. My business’ profits will help fund the libraries and schools while I continue studying Anthropology, which is my true passionate interest. 

For now, I don't know exactly how I'll get there but I know where I'm going.  Someway, somehow, I will make a difference in this world.