An essay of no more than 1,000 words specifically describing how you "followed your why" and contributed to advancing positive social change in one or more of the following areas:

Influencing the lives of others

Making a positive impact in your community

Going to school for: PhD. In Psychology Specializing in Forensics

Current Job: Behavioral assistant for children with developmental disabilities such as bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, Asperger's, down syndrome, autism, etc.

Current job responsibilities:

• Provide structure and support to the youth and their families

• Assist the youth in engaging in appropriate therapeutic activities

• Minimize the youth's identified behaviors through therapeutic interventions

• Act as a positive role model and assist in developing the child's/youth's ability to sustain self-directed appropriate behavior that will enable him/her to participate in community activities

• Work on goal and interventions that are identified in the treatment plan created by the assigned therapist

• Participate in identifying goals for the treatment plan

• Assist the youth in engaging in appropriate therapeutic activities in theISS plan

Reason for job and field: mother is bipolar and schizophrenic.