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ing them right from wrong, values that help to define a better person while helping them to become a great adult. Additionally, I have become much more punctual and found that I am a committed person from my experiences working within the church nursery. Eventually, I served another position at Zunicore, a cloud computing company, performing customer support services. I became the “go to� person my boss would call if he needed somebody to fill in on any shift. I was working twelve to sixteen hour shifts through the evening till the early morning. Without having those kids in my life, I would have never been ready for that kind of commitment. I eventually decided that I wanted to move on and find bigger and better things for myself. I was also given an opportunity to get my CPR and First Aid certification to advance my childcare skills. I would never have given a thought to getting this certification if I had not started working in the nursery. Getting my certification had piqued my interest in learning more about the medical field. I decided that I could help others even more with a degree in the medical field. I started looking into Medical Lab Tech, Radiology, and Diagnostic Medical Sonographer. I was not too sure what I actually wanted to study, but after some research and hard thinking, I decided on Diagnostic Medical Sonographer. I know now that I want to help people and that I want to further myself in life by doing something important. I believe that taking this first step will help me do exactly that by finishing an associate’s degree program. After deciding that I wanted to pursue a career in the medical field, I knew there was only one way to go about this. I had already known I wanted to go back to school, but this is what gave me the

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