Leaving An Impact by Mabel

Leaving An Impact by Mabel - November 2019 Scholarship Essay

High school was a difficult time for me, I experienced change and also grew in ways I didn’t expect. I always thought I’d want to grow up to be a teacher, or a mom, or just a helpful person to the world. Once I started high school everything changed in which I was excited about, but I would also be upset here and there. In a way my school impacted, and changed who I am as a person and what kind of person I want to be.
My high school was full of diverse cultures and races and because of that I enjoy everyone no matter what or who they are and because of that I knew what I wanted to do for my school and for myself. I am a Hispanic women, in which made me a very emotional person or so I thought. Through every grade level, I developed a love for helping whoever I can especially those who need it the most. Knowing how to speak a different language was a struggle growing up since Spanish was the only language I spoke, but as I grew up I knew that knowing two languages will help me a lot more.
In high school my extracurricular activities were child development, education and training, and counselling and mental health, and those classes helped me discover exactly what I wanted to be. Child protective services, we had a guest speaker who came to talk to us once a year and she along with my teacher for those classes helped me understand that our world is changing. Everyday after those classes I felt more inspired to just talk to everyone no matter how shy the person was I was willing to just get a simple “hello” or “hey thanks.” My goal was to let everyone know I was someone they could come to for any type of help, and it worked eventually my teachers and fellow learners, saw me as this socially happy girl.
I decided to graduate early from high school to help around my house hold, knowing that soon I will be an aunt to the first nephew in my family! Not only did I impact those at school but also my friends and family, in which they saw the change in me. I was able to be there for my cousins and friends, my friends who needed help with grades or just silly things like relationships and attention. Even though I lost friends, they always talk positive about me saying things like, “she’s such an amazing person, she will definitely help you with biology.”
In a way I knew high school changed me, but only for the better knowing that now I positively impact those who as for advice or help. I may not be a therapist or professor but I do try my best to be there for whom ever ask for help. I will leave high school knowing I was the type of girl to be socially involved, and I am proud to say that even though I wasn’t in varsity anything at least I was able to be there for people who needed someone to talk to. I may not be remembered with my name on a plack saying “1st place division in…” although I will be leaving an impact on, the girl who had her own difficulties but always made time for everyone else.