Hello, my name is Destiny. Throughout my life, I have witnessed several people close to me suffer from mental health issues, from family members to friends to even classmates. While looking into this, I have learned that some of them didn't have the help that they needed and suffered in silence instead. I gave them my best efforts with a shoulder to cry on and an ear to listen, but I couldn't give them what therapy could. This made me want to do something about it, which gave me my life goal to help people and provide them with more understanding and awareness of mental health. I want to do this by getting my doctorate in Psychology and gaining a career in counseling and therapy. I would love to do this because everyone deserves to get the help they need, and I know that I can provide more people with the opportunity to obtain that. I am a great candidate because I am a leader and I am responsible. I have shown this by the fact that I am going into my tenth year as a second-year ambassador in Girl Scouts, and I am in the National Honor Society and Tri-M Honor Society. I have also helped with community events like cleaning up the rivers and highways. I have helped with the annual suicide awareness walk. I facilitate several volunteer events like arranging and participating in food drives, and I created and participated in an anti-bullying campaign by designing an image on t-shirts and pencils and giving them out to the community as well. I am also determined, and I truly believe that if I have the resources to succeed, I can change the world on the mental health scale.