Alief Imagine Good Apple Scholarship

If I had the resources and opportunities to achieve my dream of becoming a business owner in the agriculture industry, this would mean the world to me knowing that with my job I would be helping out an important part of our world which is agriculture and food production. My goal is to have financial support by applying for scholarships to cover most of my college expenses, this would help me accomplish my dream of majoring in Agribusiness and double majoring in animal science at the University of Texas A&M college station. I want to become knowledgeable in the world of business and food production, I want to be able to provide the freshest, cleanest, and most affordable product to the food industry. Not only that, but I want to make good quality equipment for farmers and ranchers. This dream career is very important to me because I want to give adequate value to the people who provide a plate in our house with fresh products, I want to provide them with a safe and more efficient environment to work in. COVID-19 was the greatest challenge throughout my high school career, but very impactful on who I am today. During the pandemic, online school was very draining for my mental health and social skills. I had gone from being shy to even more timid around my peers and teachers, but this changed me to be the most extroverted and outgoing person in my life. I can give most of the credit for my outgoing personality to FFA, an organization that stands for Future Farmers of America where one is taught about the various amounts of careers in the Agriculture field and where one is allowed to compete in animal shows, practice leadership skills, and recognize the hard work that come in with the food we have in our table till this day and the clothes we wear daily. Furthermore, I joined FFA my freshman year during the outbreak of COVID-19, that following year I raised chickens for the rodeo and participated in many LDE and CDE teams, that same year I took a huge leap in running for officer for my junior year in FFA in which I got a position as reporter. My junior year of high school was amazing, I was more extroverted because as an officer I was meant to speak in front of the whole FFA chapter and motivate the members to be active and recognize that we all have a start in not knowing what we are doing until we take a leap of faith and do something out of our comfort zone.