My future career will be focused on helping wildlife and their habitats. As humans grow we start causing more contamination effecting wildlife and their habitats. I want to find solutions and help wildlife thrive. I'e always grown up around animals and found so much love for them. But throughout my science classes I have learned about climate change and human contamination. I have learned about the effects and about the people who are doing something to fix these negative effects. I want to be part of that solution, I want to create new solutions and protect wildlife habitats. Not only do I want to take action but I want to spread awareness on these negative effects. I want to share the negative effects we humans have on wildlife and the habitats. And what we can do to prevent this. I want to be an inspiration to others to take the same career field and maybe help other animals. So far what I've done for this is talk to peers and talk to people within this working field. I've also volunteered my time at shelters. In these shelters I have learned the process to get animals there and what it takes to care for them. I've also learned the sad truth behind these animals and what happens when no one claims them. I've also learned the sad truth between situations. Some animals were left by owners, mistreated, and, or the cause of an animal left in the street. I've also seen animals affected by human contamination. I wanted to do something to help my community and animals. I joined a club called step-up where I pitched the idea to pick up trash throughout our community. We even painted and decorated trashcans to make them more noticeable and encourage people to throw trash away in the trash cans. We were able to also clean our school campus and encourage students to throw trash. We also presented about this issue and spread awareness of our human contamination. After a few months we noticed much progress within our community. When I returned to the shelter. I noticed less and less animals being affected by human contamination. I want to continue to create solutions and see progress within different communities. This experience only inspired me more to pursue a career where I help animals in need and help conserve their habitats. Animals matter and I will make it my mission to make that known.

Growing up I've always been surrounded by animals. When I was younger it started with only chickens and dogs. As I grew older our farm started to get bigger, more animals were getting added. Before I knew it I'm here. I have goats, sheep, horses, cows, bulls, dogs, cats, fish, birds and chicken. I've learned the lessons and love taking care for my animals. I've learned to care for them and their needs. Before I even knew what love meant, I knew I love animals. I never knew exactly what I wanted to do with animals but I knew I wanted to work with them. Ever since I was younger I said I wanted to be a veterinarian because it seemed like the only option. The only way for me to work with animals. Then as I grew older I started to realize. that isn't my only option, there are different jobs and roles. I also started to become more conscious of the negative effects of human behavior. I started to realize how much contamination us humans produce and that impact. So I grew a love for not only Fram animals but wildlife and their need for help. I decided that my future career would involve wildlife. I did my research and decided I wanted to help animals in their habitat. Not in a zoo but where animals grew up and were meant to live. I decided that I want to be a wildlife technician so that I could also study their habitats. I want to explore solutions to help conserve their natural habitats but also help animals become healthy or stay healthy. Once I decided what I wanted to do I started researching what I needed, colleges, and requirements. I asked my uncle who is a veterinarian for large animals for help. He ave me contacts and helped me get more professional experience. Due to where I live there aren't conservations centers nears. So I decided to volunteer some time to shelters in my community. My love for animals grows everyday and my inspiration to help them grow as well. I hope I am able to help animals regardless of what my career is. I also inspire to spread awareness on not only different careers within animal care and welfare but also our impact on natural habitats and animals. Many people don't realize how much of an impact they have on different animals. But I hope to help others understand while making a positive impact on wildlife care and welfare.

A heathy animal population and their welfare are indicators of a healthy ecosystem. When an animal populations is healthy there is good biodiversity, ecological balance, ecosystem resilience and a cascading positive effect. The role of animal care is essential for this reason. Animals care and welfare workers make sure biodiversity is healthy, there is a ecological balance, and there is a resilience of natural environments. This is why conservation efforts are crucial because they maintain the natural systems that are crucial for the planet's health. For example, ensuring the welfare of endangered species through rehabilitation programs can directly contribute to their survival and the preservation of their habitats. Now in days many animals face life threatening problems. Due to ai contamination and global warming more and more wildlife animals are in danger. Now animal care and welfare workers are needed more than ever. Human behavior is posing a bigger threat to wildlife and their habitats. Such as contamination of water and air. Including habitats being replaced with more factories and machinery. Animal care and welfare insure that wildlife and other animals are healthy and their habitats are taken care of. They insure safety and explore solutions to everyday problems. To add on, animal care and welfare workers not only are hands on and take care of animals but also study and make solutions for present and future problems. They study habitats and behaviors. They study, the human behavior impact and solutions to all these problems. With all this research and study we are able to differentiate between a healthy and non-healthy ecosystem. Just like many others I inspire to be part of a community made to help animals and our planet. I inspire to be a wildlife technician to not only help wildlife but to study our negative effects and find solutions. I would like to become part of a solution bigger than me. I would like to help conserve habitats and help animals in need. I envision myself in a few years taking different jobs within wildlife. Such as hands on with wildlife and or observing different habitats. I would like to help wildlife and inspire others to also join this career field. When many think about wildlife or animal care. All they think about are veterinarians but there is much more that goes into animal care and welfare. There are more careers and different ways to help animals. I want to also show to others that you don't have to be a veterinarian to help animals.

My aspiration to become a wildlife veterinarian stems from deep desire to address the critical challenges animals face due to global warming. This environmental crisis is leading to species extinction and severely impacting wildlife. Pollution is a great impact to global warming. Pollution contaminates their water and destroys their natural habitats. Causing them to be vulnerable. Sadly many animals pass away daily from ingesting discarded trash and human-made objects. In addition many animals may not survive due to the warmer environments. For example, the climate change affects the reproductive system of sea turtles. Due to global warming the sand where sea turtles lay their eggs are altered. Warmer sands produces significantly more female hatchlings, causing a great change in their sex ratio threatening their reproductive system. Another example would be migratory birds, due to rising temperatures it causes the birds to "mismatch" in ecosystems. This means birds will arrive to breeding grounds well before their traditional food sources emerge. Causing birds to have a harder time getting food and less offsprings to survive and instead starve. My goal is to not only help these animals recover and thrive but also to establish a safe shelter where they can heal and regain their strength. In addition also Crete environments where they can reproduce safely to ensure survival. Through this goal I also hope to bring more awareness to this issue and inspire others to adapt more environmentally conscious daily practices. I would also like to aim to contact with environmental activists to potentially lead educational sessions on sustainable actions, thereby amplifying our collective message. Through the shelter I would be able to show the negative effects of pollution and global warming. I've been lead to this goal as I have a love for animals. I grew up in a farm where we have animals such as cows, horses, dogs, cats, sheep, goats, birds, and chicken. Growing up in this environment I have learned the importance of every animal In order for there to be a balance in the life cycle. Once an animal goes extinct there is a negative impact that takes time to adapt. Growing up I have noticed more and more the negative effects our actions have caused. This issue continues to become a greater problem. Especially now with the rise of AI use. For example, AI uses significant amounts of drinking water for their cooling systems polluting not only what animals drink but also what we are able to drink. I would like to be a small part of the solution.

I began to play guitar at age 11 in 6th grade. While I had the option to choose any instrument, I was set on the guitar. I first selected guitar as my elective but as the class was full, I ended up chasing mariachi with the same intention of learning guitar. Unfortunately, school was through zoom due to the covid pandemic. The class was still handed instruments but our teacher, Mr. Young, could only do so much to help us. So instead we focused more on music theory rather than the actual instrument. I am forever grateful for Mr. Young's decision because his decision made it easier to learn guitar and read sheet music. I was able to teach myself some things before returning to school. I ended up staying in mariachi for the next two years of middle school. I enjoyed playing guitar and expressing myself and culture. Since it was an elective and I didn't have personal guitar I was only able to borrow one during the school year. I begged my parents to get me a personal guitar so for my 13th birthday I finally got one. I continued playing throughout the summer and ended up selecting guitar as my elective for my first year of high school. I was able to focus on guitar and understand the instrument. I learned more about the music theory specifically for guitar. And I learned my own pieces outside of school. Sophomore year I chose to do advance guitar as my elective and I was able to join a guitar quartet and a larger ensemble. We did 2 festivals and were able to perform at a few concerts. I was even offered to play guitar for a choir assemble as they sang a collection of Battle songs. Unfortunately my school doesn't offer any more guitar classes so I had to choose other electives, still along the lines of performing arts. I kept playing outside of school since it helped me express myself. Playing guitar helped me process trauma and helped me build confidence. During sophomore and junior year I performed in front of the school at our talent show. During Sophomore year I sang and played guitar on my own and during junior year I sang with a band of four. Guitar has helped me in many ways, such as finding my love for music.