The path we pick for our future career self can be scary.

You think to yourself am I picking the right major? Am I smart enough to get into that program or title position? Is my passion fulfill? Yes many questions filled my head when I first started college and it was the most nerve wrecking year I experienced. What made it feel like a rollercoaster was knowing that I am the one that gets to make the decision to pick a future for myself to work towards. I had a zigzag experience for college the first two years but I am grateful to have experienced the bumps because without it, I probably wouldn’t be where I am at right now.

My major is social work and I am on my last semester of my Bachelor degree. I did not ever think in my freshman year that I would purse graduate school. But guess what. I will be pursing graduate school once I accomplish my Bachelor degree. I feel driven to continue my education. I feel driven to learn and access resource materials that will allow me to work with Latino(x) communities to uplift personal environment strengths and provide family dynamic support for youths. I feel driven to be part of the change that society needs from us as we encounter different journeys. One of my career job interest is to purse being a youth therapist and allowing myself to explore community jobs to expand on unity as one.

I wasn’t always confident growing up on picking what is my dream job. But after my first two years of college experience I ended up finding a path that I feel I can walk, skip, run, and continue to follow. We may often put too much doubt on ourselves because the answers aren’t given to us in a handbook. I realized you are creating your story everyday and you are the one who can write your story. May the future continue to fill us with surprises where we also take in our wins and losses because this future is yours to explore regardless.

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