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Introduction
My association with IPA and the Graduate School of Urban
Affairs and Public Policy has been a phenomenal influence
on my future career decisions. I have been given unparalleled
opportunities and have enjoyed becoming an integral part of
IPA. I have also taken several graduate courses in order to
better prepare for my graduate studies. In conjunction with
the Legislative Fellows internship, I took a graduate seminar
on state and local policy and management. In the fall 2002
semester, I was enrolled in a graduate level course on politics
and health care, a graduate level course on economics in the
public and non-profit sectors, as well as a one-credit graduate
independent study course in conjunction with the planning
team of which I am a part.
My basic future goal is to pursue my focus on a career in
public administration. My broad range of experience has allowed
me to get at least a taste of many different avenues of this
field. I feel that in my career, I could contribute the most
in the areas of education, health, and criminal justice policy,
as these are the areas in which my most passionate interests
lie. I am also incredibly interested in political institutions
and the people and processes that shape them. Therefore, I
can envision myself working as a liaison between a law-making
body and a governmental department, such as a department of
education or of health and social services, either at the
state or federal level. I also have a great fascination with
the law, an interest that may lead me to work within a justice
department, or to serve in another type of justice organization.
Finally, I have a great deal of interest in the non-profit
sector, and aspire to possibly work in the administrative
level of a non-profit organization.
Essentially, I hope to use my skills to better the standard
of living for disadvantaged populations by improving their
quality of education, expanding employment opportunities,
developing better health care coverage, and battling crime
and violence. As has been my pattern thus far, I have built
a framework within which I would like to serve, but I will
never exclude any possibilities that present themselves to
me. Each experience that I have had so far has led into another,
mostly in ways that I never could have planned.
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