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I am a senior at Heritage High School, participating in the Internship Study and Mentorship Program (ISM) in order to explore my career interests, enhance my public speaking skills, and learn about professionalism. This year, my topic of study is Counseling Psychology. I chose this field after exploring my interests, understanding my personality and extensively researching this career. I initially became interested in Counseling Psychology after tutoring a Syrian refugee through an organization, Paper Airplanes. I realized that my student had experienced trauma, so I did a mental health training with the organization and tried my best to motivate her while also teaching English. To expand my impact, I started a club at my school called Helping Hands and recruited students to teach English to other Syrian refugees. In my three years of teaching English to a refugee and working with other refugee students, I learnt a lot. This experience truly shaped my worldview as I learnt about the existing mental health stigmas and the prevalence of these problems. After taking relevant courses such as AP Psychology, AP Seminar and AP Research, I became very passionate about Counseling Psychology.
I also believe that the field of Counseling Psychology greatly aligns with my personality. In general, I am a true idealist always looking for the hint of good in the worst of times and trying to make every adversity a learning opportunity. I also love the idea of working directly with people and seeing my personal effort impact someone's quality of life. and I am eager to further explore this field through ISM. Outside of ISM, I am also involved in various service organizations such as Best Buddies, Girl Up, UNICEF, Bring Change to Mind and Service Club as I strongly believe in giving back to my community. I also love competitive clubs like BPA, French Club and Spanish Club as I get to explore my interests and learn. I hope that I can do a more extensive evaluation of my career choice with ISM through research, evaluations and an enriching mentorship. LinkedIn Profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sanjana-venkat
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