Aspiration Statement

So after receiving my call to MALAWI, I was asked to write an aspiration statement for the headquarters in Malawi since they have never met me and have no idea what I am about. It tells you a little about how I decided to apply to the Peace Corps and what I hope to accomplish. Enjoy!

Although the instructions for this statement were brief, I will educate you on my hopes and aspirations as I prepare to leave for Malawi in September. I started the application process two years ago after searching for something more to add to my life. My best friend at the time suggested the Peace Corps and I, having no idea what the Peace Corps was, investigated the cause. I had been looking for something a little more immediate, but had only finished my sophomore year at Brigham Young University. Throughout the past two years things had changed in various ways but one thing remained the same, I wanted to help the world. I graduated at 20 after working hard to rush through my education, but I wasn't ready to start a career in one set field. I look at the Peace Corps as an opportunity to give back for all the blessings of education and support I have had in my life. I look at it as a way to see the world, and step outside my comfort zone. I look at it as an opportunity to become a not necessarily better, but different person who is more culturally aware of the world and its needs. I also see the Peace Corps as a time to figure out what I want to do for a career and the next step I want to take: Masters, teaching, public health, etc. I absolutely love science and have this theory that if more people were educated from around the world and not just in the USA, Japan, UK, etc, we would find cures and treatments far more readily then we can now with only a minute portion of the population working. Who says there isn't a Mozart, Picasso, Einstein, or Sinatra in Malawi or any other third world country who because of their current political and economical situation, can't develop their talents and share them with the world? I want to bridge the gap and make a difference, even if it is just in one person's life.