Attending college is essential to me as it offers an opportunity to pursue success and escape societal constraints. As a black woman, I face stereotypical notions about my abilities, but college serves as a stepping stone to contest those stereotypes. I believe hard work is essential for success, especially in a world where I often receive fewer opportunities. College will empower me, enable me to uplift my community, and support minority children in overcoming life's obstacles. While some view college as a waste of time and money, I see it as a means to acquire the necessary tools for helping others with mental health issues and exploring the complexities of the human mind. In essence, college serves as a catalyst for personal growth and societal impact. My academic and professional goal is to pursue psychology to become a psychologist and contribute to improving the mental health of minority communities. I acknowledge a pressing need to address teenagers’ mental health challenges, as the current efforts are insufficient. Depression and anxiety have significantly affected my community, and it is crucial to shed light on these issues and find effective ways to move forward and provide assistance. Through the study of psychology, I aim to gain a deeper understanding of human behavior and contribute to addressing mental health concerns. I aspire to empower the minority community by offering services that promote comfort and encourage individuals to express their emotions, ultimately saving lives openly. Giving back to my community is essential, as I recognize the difficulty of sharing feelings with family and friends due to discomfort or uncertainty about their reactions. This dream developed during college when I realized the lack of value placed on mental health. Teenagers worldwide, particularly minorities, often struggle to find resources or support when facing mental health challenges. s an African American woman in America, where our voices have been silenced for a long time, opening up and being vulnerable with others can be challenging, especially when seeking support from someone who cannot relate to our struggles. Instead of merely using mental health as a hashtag for branding purposes, we need to actively work towards supporting those in need, as countless teenagers experience emotional turmoil daily without a means to express their emotions. Mental health is a serious issue, and awareness needs to be raised to address it in America. The low percentage of black psychologists exacerbates the problem, as these professionals may struggle to comprehend the experiences and challenges their clients face fully. I am determined to bring about change in this regard and contribute to building a more inclusive and supportive mental health system.

My academic and professional goal is to pursue psychology to become a psychologist and contribute to improving the mental health of minority communities. I acknowledge a pressing need to address teenagers’ mental health challenges, as the current efforts are insufficient. Depression and anxiety have significantly affected my community, and it is crucial to shed light on these issues and find effective ways to move forward and provide assistance. Through the study of psychology, I aim to gain a deeper understanding of human behavior and contribute to addressing mental health concerns. The underrepresentation of African Americans in STEM fields can be attributed to the limited number of African Americans pursuing degrees in these areas. I aspire to empower the minority community by offering services that promote comfort and encourage individuals to express their emotions, ultimately saving lives openly. Giving back to my community is essential, as I recognize the difficulty of sharing feelings with family and friends due to discomfort or uncertainty about their reactions. This dream developed during college when I realized the lack of value placed on mental health. Teenagers worldwide, particularly minorities, often struggle to find resources or support when facing mental health challenges. Statistics reveal that approximately 25% of African Americans seek mental health treatment, compared to 40% of white Americans. This disparity can be attributed, in part, to unequal access to healthcare. For example, 10% of Black people in the U.S. do not have health insurance, compared to 5.2% of white people. These statistics highlight a significant gap in mental health treatment, which I aim to address and eliminate. Bringing about change and improvement in mental health is crucial, as it can be life-changing to listen to and assist individuals in preventing violence or suicide. My goal is to become a psychologist who helps uplift the minority community and portrays it more positively. One critical aspect often overlooked is childhood trauma's long-term impact when emotions are suppressed and not expressed. This can lead to severe consequences, such as the emergence of serial killers or rapists, and we often fail to understand the underlying reasons until it is too late. As an African American woman in America, where our voices have been silenced for a long time, opening up and being vulnerable with others can be challenging, especially when seeking support from someone who cannot relate to our struggles. Instead of merely using mental health as a hashtag for branding purposes, we need to actively work towards supporting those in need, as countless teenagers experience emotional turmoil daily without a means to express their emotions. Mental health is a serious issue, and awareness needs to be raised to address it in America. The low percentage of black psychologists exacerbates the problem, as these professionals may struggle to comprehend the experiences and challenges their clients face fully. I am determined to bring about change in this regard and contribute to building a more inclusive and supportive mental health system.

My academic and professional goal is to pursue psychology to become a psychologist and contribute to improving the mental health of minority communities. I acknowledge a pressing need to address teenagers’ mental health challenges, as the current efforts are insufficient. Depression and anxiety have significantly affected my community, and it is crucial to shed light on these issues and find effective ways to move forward and provide assistance. Through the study of psychology, I aim to gain a deeper understanding of human behavior and contribute to addressing mental health concerns. The underrepresentation of African Americans in STEM fields can be attributed to the limited number of African Americans pursuing degrees in these areas. I aspire to empower the minority community by offering services that promote comfort and encourage individuals to express their emotions, ultimately saving lives openly. Giving back to my community is essential, as I recognize the difficulty of sharing feelings with family and friends due to discomfort or uncertainty about their reactions. This dream developed during college when I realized the lack of value placed on mental health. Teenagers worldwide, particularly minorities, often struggle to find resources or support when facing mental health challenges. Statistics reveal that approximately 25% of African Americans seek mental health treatment, compared to 40% of white Americans. This disparity can be attributed, in part, to unequal access to healthcare. For example, 10% of Black people in the U.S. do not have health insurance, compared to 5.2% of white people. These statistics highlight a significant gap in mental health treatment, which I aim to address and eliminate. Bringing about change and improvement in mental health is crucial, as it can be life-changing to listen to and assist individuals in preventing violence or suicide. My goal is to become a psychologist who helps uplift the minority community and portrays it more positively. One critical aspect often overlooked is childhood trauma's long-term impact when emotions are suppressed and not expressed. This can lead to severe consequences, such as the emergence of serial killers or rapists, and we often fail to understand the underlying reasons until it is too late. As an African American woman in America, where our voices have been silenced for a long time, opening up and being vulnerable with others can be challenging, especially when seeking support from someone who cannot relate to our struggles. Instead of merely using mental health as a hashtag for branding purposes, we need to actively work towards supporting those in need, as countless teenagers experience emotional turmoil daily without a means to express their emotions. Mental health is a serious issue, and awareness needs to be raised to address it in America. The low percentage of black psychologists exacerbates the problem, as these professionals may struggle to comprehend the experiences and challenges their clients face fully. I am determined to bring about change in this regard and contribute to building a more inclusive and supportive mental health system.

My academic and professional goal is to major in psychology to become a psychologist to help improve the mental health of minorities. I feel help needs to be given to teenagers because there isn't enough being done right now. Depression and anxiety have attacked my community and we need to shed light on it and find ways to move forward to aid the issue. Psychology would help me understand humans better and help with mental health issues. The lack of African Americans in the STEM fields is due to the lack of African Americans pursuing a degree in these fields. I want to build up the minority community by providing services to help aid them to feel more comfortable sharing how they are feeling besides them holding it in which could save lives. This will be how I give back to my community because growing up it is hard to share feelings with family and friends because you don't feel comfortable or because you don’t know how they will react. This dream emerged when I got to college and realized how much mental health is not valued. Teenagers around the world don’t know where to look for resources or even support when they are struggling especially minorities. Statistics show us that about 25% of African Americans seek mental health treatment, compared to 40% of white Americans. Unequal access to health care is one major contributor to this disparity. 10% of Black people in the U.S. do not have health insurance, compared to 5.2% of white people. These statistics show a major gap in mental health treatment and if I could make a change to eliminate this gap then that’s what I will. Change and improvement in mental health are important because listening to and being able to aid anyone to prevent violence or suicide from occurring would be life-changing. I want to be a psychologist that helps build the minority community and paints us in a better light. What is missing is that when emotions are held in childhood trauma that isn't expressed, awful things happen such as serial killers or rapists and we never understand why until it's too late. Being an African American woman in America where our voices have been silenced for a long time it is hard to open up and be vulnerable with others especially when you talk to someone who doesn’t relate to the struggles you have been through. Instead mental health instead of being only a hashtag that gets looked at and used for brands and actually aid towards it because every day some teenager is going through something and can't express their emotions. Mental health is a serious issue and awareness needs to be brought to it in America there is a low percentage of black psychologists and the other ones probably can't relate to what they are going through and I want to bring change.

Attending college is important to me because I want to be successful. College is somewhere I can escape and prove to myself that I am great and can achieve greatness. We live in a world where there are preconceived notions about what I can and cannot do based on my skin color and gender. I have a lot to prove as a black woman living in this world and college is one of the steps to get there. I hope for college to prove to me that to be successful you have to work hard because nothing is handed to you because being a black woman in America is hard because I am the last to get something so I have to work 10 times as hard as others. College will help me to improve my community and help children to become successful and not let life get in the way of that. College is a place where people don't believe they can become successful because it is a waste of time and money but I think it will give me the necessary tools to help me achieve my goal of helping others with mental health issues and captivating more of the human mind. Receiving my higher education will help me experience reality and grasp onto every opportunity that comes my way. While in college I will pursue a career in psychology and focus intensively on analyzing the human brain. I believe by understanding how humans think and behave we can understand the mental health of others. Mental health is a huge issue in communities around the world, but especially in minority communities. I feel help needs to be given to teenagers because there isn't enough being done right now. Depression and anxiety has attacked my community and we need to shed light on it and find ways to move forward to aid the issue. Psychology would help me understand humans better and help with mental health issues. Many studies have shown depression is more spiked in Gen Z than most generations and that is the issue because people aren’t doing anything to help which causes many young people to be closed and antisocial or have depression/anxiety. African American teenagers aren’t given enough resources to help them become stronger which is why they struggle mentally and don’t peak at their highest performances. I want to be a successful psychologist so I can be a part of the solution and help give back to my community and help improve it.

Attending college is important to me because I want to be successful. College is somewhere I can escape and prove to myself that I am great and can achieve greatness. We live in a world where there are preconceived notions about what I can and cannot do based on my skin color and gender. I have a lot to prove as a black woman living in this world and college is one of the steps to get there. I hope for college to prove to me that to be successful you have to work hard because nothing is handed to you because being a black woman in America is hard because I am the last to get something so I have to work 10 times as hard as others. College will help me to improve my community and help children to become successful and not let life get in the way of that. College is a place where people don't believe they can become successful because it is a waste of time and money but I think it will give me the necessary tools to help me achieve my goal of helping others with mental health issues and captivating more of the human mind. Receiving my higher education will help me experience reality and grasp onto every opportunity that comes my way. While in college I will pursue a career in psychology and focus intensively on analyzing the human brain. I believe by understanding how humans think and behave we can understand the mental health of others. Mental health is a huge issue in communities around the world, but especially in minority communities. I feel help needs to be given to teenagers because there isn't enough being done right now. Depression and anxiety has attacked my community and we need to shed light on it and find ways to move forward to aid the issue. Psychology would help me understand humans better and help with mental health issues. For example, I want to be a psychologist that works with children of color and help build the minority community and paint us in a better light. What is missing is that when emotions are held in childhood trauma which aren't expressed, awful things happen such as serial killers or rapists and we never understand why until it's too late.

Attending college is important to me because I want to be successful. College is somewhere I can escape and prove to myself that I am great and can achieve greatness. We live in a world where there are preconceived notions about what I can and cannot do based on my skin color and gender. I have a lot to prove as a black woman living in this world and college is one of the steps to get there. I hope for college to prove to me that to be successful you have to work hard because nothing is handed to you because being a black woman in America is hard because I am the last to get something so I have to work 10 times as hard as others. College will help me to improve my community and help children to become successful and not let life get in the way of that. College is a place where people don't believe they can become successful because it is a waste of time and money but I think it will give me the necessary tools to help me achieve my goal of helping others with mental health issues and captivating more of the human mind. Receiving my higher education will help me experience reality and grasp onto every opportunity that comes my way. While in college I will pursue a career in psychology and focus intensively on analyzing the human brain. I believe by understanding how humans think and behave we can understand the mental health of others. Mental health is a huge issue in communities around the world, but especially in minority communities. I feel help needs to be given to teenagers because there isn't enough being done right now. Depression and anxiety has attacked my community and we need to shed light on it and find ways to move forward to aid the issue. Psychology would help me understand humans better and help with mental health issues. For example, I want to be a psychologist that works with children of color and help build the minority community and paint us in a better light. What is missing is that when emotions are held in childhood trauma which aren't expressed, awful things happen such as serial killers or rapists and we never understand why until it's too late.