Definetly Tom Holland's version is the best. Yes, all Spidermen have learned lessons in their lives, had challenges to face, or had people impact them in certian ways but this one - being a part of the MCU rather than on his own - had learned from more people and situations than just the ones pertaining Uncle Ben, Aunt May, and his villians. I'll keep it for the majority at Infinity War so we're not jumping all over the place while I'm trying to explain it all. So it started off with him and his classmates off to a field trip and then disaster strikes... Thanos is there and ready to get the stones once and for all. Now at first Tom's version of Peter just seems to do unquestionably whatever Tony tells him to. However as things go on, you see how his values go from "saving the wizard" (Dr. Strange) as Mr. Stark said to, to his determination of not letting The Children of Thanos fly away to, him being the "friendly neighborhood Spiderman without the neighborhood". He loves his community and the people that live in it which is common for all of the Spidermen but he did it to the point where he was willing to risk losing his breath/ life - in space! (until Tony gave him the nanotech that is but still kept going until he was inside of the ship) - to save not just the typical community that we've come to think of but to save the entire Earth in the MCU. And that even meant saving it even after Tony told him to turn back and return to Earth. So he has a much bigger meaning of community than just NYC. But going to list another point of this Spiderman, he's shown to be much more relatable. He's younger, awkward, openly shows his flaws and mistakes in each film. But to tie it into Infinity War, there's the famous "I do't want to go" scene. Holland does well with Peter's emotional range unlike where one version played it him cool in attitude. Teenagers who watch the films all have a wide array of emotions. At the moment where he realizes he's gonna get "blipped", you see a display of emotion that seems so realistic as how others would more than likely feel if they were in the same situation. He's shown scared and wanting the comfort of an adult he trusts (Mr. Stark) as he breaks down into dust. Now let's talk about he interacts with the rest of the MCU throughout Infintity War and beyond to other films. Holland's Peter interacts with MCU heroes. His and Tony's mentor-student relationship is central to Peter's development, shaping his ideals and pushing him to be a better hero. And other interactions with characters like Black Widow, Hawkeye, ect. showcase teamwork, camaraderie, and the diverse experiences that shape each hero's identity. He learns from each of his experiences with each hero and builds on from what he learned to become a better hero himself as well as a better person, adding depth to his development within a larger universe. His interactions with other heroes also highlight his growth and maturity. So, the fact that he's relatable to the audience, had more unique and bigger meaning of being a "friendly neighborhood Spiderman", and how he's able to learn from others in order for the character to shape who he is as both a person and a hero. So if you ever want to watch I Spiderman movie, Tom Holland's version is the way to go!

I have a condition that makes my voice hard for people to hear. I've dealt with this ever since I could first talk when I was a baby. It has its advantages and disadvantages to it of course but it surely impacts my life. For one, I have to go to voice therapy. However... this isn't stereotypical occupational therapy. I do online classes at Dakota College at Bottineau but I do my voice therapy at Minot State University. Why? The people who are studying communication disorders get to work with me. Usually, these people have never had to deal with actual patients before and they see me as their guinea pig while I get to be their teacher for a semester. It gets to be an adventure as each person is different and has a different view on how to handle voice disabilities. One gal saw it as a more silly and game-like approach, the second saw it as a time to relax like a yoga session, the 3rd experimented with different techniques, while the most current as of now puts me into real-life situations separate from the voice lesson (so we'd play a game while we'd go back into a voice exercise for a few seconds then return to Uno). It feels so good to help shape the careers of these people. Plus it's a win-win situation for everybody. However, this isn't the only time I've helped shape the lives of other college students, what caused my disability was from surgery/ procedures and I often need to go to doctors to have more done. While around the main doctor, there are 3 different schools I've helped shape careers of so far just by being a regular old patient needing touch-ups. When I needed a laser, I managed to help students at the University of Minnesota by letting residents work with me. When I had to go to Bismarck for a tooth procedure (due to a gag reflex, nothing wrong with anything else there), North Dakota State University and University of North Dakota student surgeons worked on me. Both procedures went well but I got to indirectly teach the students by working alongside the doctor just doing the procedure as needed. But while I've done some help to shape their careers, what about the career I'm working on? Well, I wish to be a graphic designer. I love art and science/ technology. I've been an artist for so long to where I want to share that with others helping people with their projects. It hasn't always been easy but what motivates me despite my limitations is that the career is beyond speaking. Being a graphic designer does come with a need for good communication but that's a small portion of the job. This job is about putting people's ideas out there by being creative. Maybe it's making a fundraising event's t-shirts. Maybe even putting something like an invitation onto a card. You get the picture. All in all, maybe when I get to be in my career field of choice I can show others that there are other ways (by being creative) to get your ideas out there and that no matter what disability you may have you can go for any career choice of your choosing.

My dream version of myself is to be the graphic artist I've always wanted to be where I can be able to help tons of people with the projects they need.

I plan to bring more inclusiveness to the world. while this statement may not always be true, sometimes our community can be a little divided just because of the differences we share. However, when you manage to bring folks together by finding something that brings about similarities, the community/ society can become a better place. Specifically, I get behind the cause of disability inclusion. I do agree that all of the causes of other aspects of inclusion (religion, race, etc) should be something to support politely just like everyone else but I feel like this matter of inclusion has impacted me the greatest. While that doesn't define me as a person, each member of my family has a certain disability that we have to deal with daily however, not too many people who don't have him are educated about them all that much which can lead to many people who do to feel alienated from the rest of the crowd. One way I brought this was to my school in my senior year of high school: Lunch Bunch. My family and I brainstormed the idea then I brought it to the main principal and several staff advisors. It's a club that's been in operation even after I left high school. In this club, kids from both the resource room and mainstream/ general ed classes get together and we get food catered in. It got to be pretty fun once all the prep work was done and in full swing. While that's been my biggest achievement toward this goal, other smaller things can be done to achieve it as well. I've gone to support certain inclusion causes along the way. Dreamcatcher's baseball is a huge thing. My sisters have attended it for a long time. Throughout the summer, volunteers from all over my city would come and make it as best as possible. There was this one organization that was known as City Serve that went above and beyond to even create posters, cooked burgers and hot dogs, signs for the families to cheer on their kids, and even created an atmosphere that had the feeling of 'baseball stadium' written all over it. I usually cheer on the players and get excited about the game as much as possible. Volunteered at a few jobs where this cause of being inclusive was a huge thing. Limitless is an exciting one. It was a fashion show for this demographic of people. I got to be a hair and make-up stylist for the kids who were participating. I was so eager to help the participants look their best as possible before showtime. Miss Amazing helped me get a head start in my career choice as a graphic designer. They were hoping to get a graphic design/ social media specialist volunteer for their company. My sisters had participated in it and had a blast so I had a positive impression of the organization. Right now they're in the process of finding someone to speak with me and see what projects I can do for nationals upcoming in Summer 2023. But the story doesn't end here. These few examples are only where I've started! I've been going through college at Dakota College at Bottineau and when I get hired at a graphic design company, I'm hoping to take this idea of inclusiveness to my career and make my work fitting not just for people with disabilities but for everyone and anyone who needs an important project done with me.

Leadership to me is about bringing others to a cause in a way that's truly impactful. There's a club that I made with the help of a few school club advisors, teachers, and the principal in my senior year of high school (currently a college freshman at the moment) called lunch bunch. This club combined my experience within my family, combining our general ed and resource room for lunch every month (with food catered in of course), and a more student-focused approach to adaptive/integrated events between general ed and the resource room. First of all, I don't think people should have to be loud to be a leader. I was in the general ed class but I have a voice disability that can make it hard for others to hear me (especially in loud environments) which is where a small part of why this belief in leadership came to be but there's much more to it. This wasn't a club that people put on the loudspeaker but this was what made it possible to reach the end result by the time I graduated. Some posters went all over the school. it was made by a teacher. they made it to where they had a sheet protector to put a poster displaying the next date of the event. It was posted on a few of the biggest clubs in the school: Student Council, Renaissance, and Honor Society. These were the clubs that attended the club the most. The Honor Society advisor was the most avid for putting up notifications of meetings and surveys over what food should be catered to us next on his Google Classroom page. All clubs made doing the event as service hours so that made for a bigger audience. Then the second and final most important point in my thoughts on leadership is that the leader isn't always this perfect picture of what we think how a leader should be. We tend to think of leaders as big, strong people who seem to be completely fearless. Not always the case. Not only was it just through posters and the media Lunch Bunch shared but it was also done by me coming to clubs and talking about it. The time I shared it with to Honor Society was a little nerve-racking. Here I was gonna be introducing to this huge audience my idea and have to say it as clearly as possible. When it came time, I got up and did the work. I felt like I had slipped up a few times but in reality, it got more people wanting to visit and see what it was all about. And after all of that work went down, what happened? The hard work was recognized and has been in operation even after I had graduated. Not just that but it helped change a community of classmates that didn't interact with the resource room all that much to an environment where that is the norm daily.

What makes me continue my love of art is how good it makes people feel to see them. I always have this project as an occasional art side gig but I enjoy making personalized art for others. As people, we each have different hobbies and interests. By getting to know the person I'm working with, I get to make artwork that they'd love to display wherever they'd like or for whatever occasion. 2 projects drive the point home from 2020 when this whole thing kicked off,. There was a hairstyling company all the way out in a completely different state who wanted a drawing done for each booth to represent each stylist. the project was extensive but worth it in the end once they were able to receive and put up their art. the next one was a lady from New Hampshire that saw my artwork and wanted one to honor her favorite pet bunny who sadly passed away. Now with that being such a personal thing to the gal I was making the art for, I had to think super hard for this one. She loved anything heart-shaped as well as autumn. When I combined everything, I was able to draw something very meaningful for the gal. the art form I'm learning is graphic design. As a student, I've been learning new techniques as well as new art forms (currently photography). I keep on learning a bunch about the career field as well as having done a job shadow to understand the industry. When I graduate, I plan to continue doing the same type of work as I've done for a while with doing personal artwork for others via graphic design... and making more different kinds of artwork/ projects to sell. I can tell folks would appreciate all that I've learned to make what they want into a reality whether it is stuff from the graphic design industry like invitations, signs, or even t-shirts. So in the end, I get to keep on doing personalized artwork thanks to the motivation, skills, and technology that I have been given.

I always have found animation very inspiring in terms of technology. To think that back when animation first started how much effort went into drawing pictures and now we can produce them at a faster rate with all the current tech we have now. This inspires me as an artist. Many of the art styles we've seen over the years came from animation from time to time as people borrow certain elements of other artists' work. Some ideas might be maybe someone who prefers a lighter, girly style of their own, could look into cartoons such as ones from Studio Ghibli or Lisa Frank while someone who likes a darker, edgier style might like to look at the work of Tim Burton or Bendy and the Ink Machine. But how does that constitute how technology being something that could make the world a better place? Bunches of artists more than likely watch or have watched animations/ cartoons/ films and like the previous point, make their own style from styles they like or even they might try and create an animation in a whole new style people say they enjoy in the comments. The bottom line, they help give us new ideas. Nobody has the exact same ideas. That's what makes the art world so unique. When we're able to put out those new ideas using the technology we have (whether that be making something like an animation or even showing our work on social media), we're also able to grow as artists. We get feedback that helps us grow and maybe expand to other animation styles we might not have thought existed. So then as a result, this way (out of many other ways of course) is how technology can inspire and make our world a better place.

One project that I was the most passionate about was a project I worked on in my last year of high school: Lunch Bunch (a more high-schooler rather than an adult approach to mainstream student and resource room integrated activities. We meet once a month and have food catered to us.). Ok, how was technology used in this project? what was used is what made the program so successful as it was. One, if I wished to make this program truly successful, I needed students' opinions. How could I reach as many students? I made a digital survey for students to enter each month. this didn't only ask for what food to be catered but other things like if there were any improvements needed, reviews for the program (good, bad, ok, if they'd visit it again), attendance (if they've attended and chose to attend the next one), and if there was an activity, what do they all want to do? The more reviews I got, the more I could see/ predict the growth of the program with the help of club advisors, promote the program, and plan for what these students wanted. Emails were important. I usually sent one out once a month when I had a spare 5 minutes in between classwork. Questions would flood in for me to answer (one of the most common questions being the time and if it costs anything to join which it was free to join) and I was able to see what to expect in terms of attendance. Attendance grew as a result of using emails. As a result, the program was so successful that is said to continue for years to come especially with the fact I graduated from high school and am currently in college. What inspires me so much about technology is how much lives can be impacted in a good way. For a simple example, I love drawing. When I post my drawings, so many positive reviews come in. I've looked up drawing tips that helped me improve certain points of my work. Plus, it usually made people's day to see it. Then this plus our main topic of discussion - technology - is what leads into my next point. It inspired my career choice. I'm going into web/ graphic design and seeing the amount of technology is incredible. From animation to advertising. There are so many directions the career can go in thanks to the tech we have now. I hope when I graduate, I'm able to learn more about my career choice and be able to help people using technology.

I have a voice disability. It's not very common but it can for sure pose challenges for individuals. How my disability works are that only one of my vocal cords really can move. Doesn't mean that I can't talk but it makes it to that people can't hear me at times over loud crowds or that I can't speak for too long without it potentially being strained. However, that doesn't limit me as a person. I have resources (ex. voice therapy at Minot State University) that help me target and find new strategies to overcome my disability. They're nice folks who have taught me things such as vocal hygiene and what words are more troublesome to say without strain or gravel. Or we may have to go back to the drawing board and figure out new techniques for me to use. Great friends who understand my disability. We might have to step out of a loud room just to hear what I have to say. On rare occasions, we have to switch to text communication. But we still had fun whether it was going to prom, going out for a coffee, or even to a movie. And like anyone else on this planet, I have some hobbies and interests that I could turn into a potential career. How I've planned for higher education was first knowing my interests: Art and STEM. In art, I'm able to express myself without having to speak much. I've always loved technology as well with how much I've been exposed to different coding activities and classes. I'm choosing to become a web/ graphic designer thanks to these 2 interests of mine. I'm taking online classes at Dakota College at Bottineau and have been doing pretty well there. I've learned a good bit of new things that help me to reach out to all sorts of careers under the graphic/ web design umbrella. From what I've experienced in my classes so far, I believe while I can do both, I'd choose the more graphic design path as you get to be a little bit more creative in terms of things you can do (invitations, mugs, shirts, etc.) What I hope to accomplish is to be a graphic designer. I'm looking forward to making projects and the ability to be creative. I've got experience in graphic design via doing a job shadow as well as applying to do a volunteer job concerning graphic design while I'm trying to attain my degree. In the end, I'm hoping that the career turns out well as I've seen it to be.

I think it's important because as you're becoming an adult, it's important to learn it now so you don't run into trouble later down the road. If you don't pay off your loans or any other expenses, you won't have enough money for other needs or may have to push back anything you want. One major tip I always have in terms of money is to only spend on things when you really need to and avoid splurging as much as possible. If you can find alternatives to things you need to buy, go ahead. One recent example would be instead of using ProctorU (which costs $25 per test) for school tests, I drive over to my academic advisor at the college and have her proctor the test. Yeah, there's a little more effort used there but by doing that, it helped me put back $25 into my pocket that I could use on needs like clothes or want such as a fun coffee from Caribou. If you really need to buy something you can do these things: Look in dollar stores or clearance sections. Sometimes I've gotten a good pair of decent-looking clothes from a clearance section at my local store. Maybe school supplies could be bought cheaper at a dollar store. And they aren't all that black and white. maybe they have something new for you to try or something that will get the job done more efficiently. The bottom line, comparison shopping is the thing! That's something that needs practice and cannot be learned overnight. Go for simple stuff. Is a $50-or-so backpack worth it to a $15-$20 backpack that might get the job done better? Doesn't mean that you can't buy your favorite lunch from time to time or at least have 1 fancy piece of school supplies just to save money, just be conscious of what you're buying. But if you need to splurge: plan your splurge. What do I really need? Is there anything that I can leave out? Best stores to shop at? What would be the average total of your purchase? Are there any coupons or deals? After those details are figured out, you can then navigate the splurge and not damage the bank as much compared to there being no plan ever. This ties into the last point on splurging... budgeting! It's impossible to overspend without consequences. If you give each dollar a job to a specific need, that can then help predict further spending habits and once college is done (as long as you budgeted throughout that and paid off any college debt you may have), can help you make room for the house or car you might want. So in the end, the better you manage your finances, the better is your quality of life.

I had a little sister who got cancer at 10 years old in 2017. We found this out when she was having trouble seeing the board in class. It at first went to an eyeglasses appointment to an MRI to a cancer diagnosis. It took about 7 months for her to go through radiation and chemotherapy to help her heal. But how it changed who I am as a person. 1. I had to step up. Wouldn't it have to be weird to have to do a few more things for the family while having to help one sibling get better? I had to learn how to cook meals for myself, did a bunch of new chores I wasn't used to doing (ex. having to feed the dogs), and had me having to watch over my other sister (who has autism) a bunch more. Life got to be pretty busy for the while but at the end of the experience, the house was in just as good of shape as it was before mom and my younger sister left. That story was shared a few times in my early years of high school and showed my teachers that I'm a super responsible student and daughter. 2. I met one of my closest friends that year. We've been pals for 6+ years as of now but at the time it was weird to try to get back to normal after that all happened. Not knowing how to cope with the changes and rules my family made to accommodate for my sibling made things rough. When I met my friend and discovered that despite the different circumstances, we both have a bunch of things in common as well as we've both been through different life-changing moments in our families. He and I became like siblings as we got to explain each other's worlds and helped support each other through that time. They're at a different college than me now but for sure helped me recover after my whole family went through my sister's cancer experience unintentionally. 3. I grew much more independent as a person from the experience. With the attention being on the current medical needs of my sibling and me being 19, I had to learn how to do more for myself. As my sister is going to school for the blind and other doctor appointments as a cancer survivor, that meant I had to do more of the life skills I had done since she was 10 years old (now she's 16). I always was known to be more mature than other kids but I guess you can say I was given a bit more of a boost of independence from my little sister's cancer. It went from at first having a key to the house, making my meals, and taking care of my family's pets to now as an adult it's still the same skills I had then mixed with how to balance a checkbook, scheduling appointments, working a job, buying clothes and other needs, and having my own form of transportation. Just having to learn those skills helped me gain confidence as a person.

Hi! Nice to meet you! I'm Teya Rust, a college freshman (as of Spring 2023) currently attending Dakota College at Bottineau in online classes working towards a WebMaster (graphic/ web design degree). I've always enjoyed STEAM stuff since I was a little girl. I've been in several coding events and classes (Lego Robotics, a Full STEAM Ahead Coding project, and Intro to Coding in high school), STEM events (First Tech Challenge), and a bunch of art stuff (Drawing 1 and Illustration Cartoon/ Manga in high school, Art With a Smartphone in college at the moment, library painting events, etc.). My wish is to one day be able to showcase my art more as a graphic designer. STEAM interests me because of how many careers you can get out of it. Oftentimes when thinking about college majors, we're often told to pick one specific career field. While there are minors out there, we don't take into consideration how many different career fields are involved in jobs and businesses. That's the beauty of STEAM. Maybe someone wants a career in Art and Math. Another might want to stick to Engineering and Science. There are so many different ways it can go! And it doesn't have to be just 2, you can group as many as you wish or even just stick to one if that's your thing (which despite my point is ok to do while being in college). I decided to go for the Science, Technology, and Art direction of things. I love all three and have had experience in each field so why not combine them while I can? That's a perfect choice out of many careers that use all 3 of these ideas. In graphic design, you have to be creative sort of like an artist and need to know how the technology of what you're working with how helps you do your job, then finally you have to understand a bunch of different sciences and try to solve problems for clients. When I graduate, I hope to make an impact on others and in my work by being able to improve the lives of individuals through the art I showcase. Need invitations for an event? I could try to find a way to keep things simple but interesting to look at. Need a poster? Simple! Need to code a quick website? I got the skills to help you pay the bills! You get the picture. But I hope that after I gradute from college, I can achieve this goal through what I've learned.

The major inspiration of my art is creating some characters in the style of historical periods and making them look as accurate as possible (the eras of interest being the 1880s, 1890s, the whole 20th century, and early 2000s). Sure, I can go as creative as I want but wouldn't it make much more sense if I dressed characters accordingly from the period they're said to be? As people change and as fashion grew over time, it's interesting to see changes made by what was going on in the world. Doing art like this has taught me how to become a better researcher plus it helped expose me to certain facts and bust myths to certain stereotypes. Hopefully you enjoy the art I've made that uses this type of thinking!

1. The specific art form I love to do is drawing and painting. I started drawing when I was about 11 and continued to keep drawing to this day. Oftentimes I do my own characters but this also helped me learn about other subjects such as history (time periods) and aesthetics. At first, when I started getting into drawing and painting, I was always a little nervous to draw but as I got more and more encouragement from others, I felt pretty confident about it and expanded my skills. I looked at other art styles and borrowed some aspects of theirs and incorporated them into my current style. It grew to where my art style was pretty distinct to people as it was shared on Facebook by my family (especially in 2020 when I sold some of my art). But as to what helped me become a better artist personally, I took classes in high school (Drawing 1 in my sophomore year and Illustration Cartoon/ Manga in my junior year) and tried different kinds of mediums over the years (ex. as of my Spring 2023 semester in college, I'm learning photography which is out there compared to drawing but worth it!). I've even got to do some more things by learning more about the art field (selling my art at the state fair, visiting and job shadowing 2 different graphic design companies, looked what types of jobs in this field are available, seeing that there's one spot where there was a graphic designer needed, etc.) 2. I've always loved art but at the same time I wanted to be in the sciences. how could I make both ends meet for a career in the future? However, most of my interest lies in art so I chose graphic design as a career field. It combined the best of both worlds with science (in this case computer science/ coding) and art. You get to do so many interesting projects and as long as you pay attention to the specific needs of the customer, the creative possibilities are limitless! 3. Well, when I graduate, I'm planning on doing things in the graphic design industry and my favorite thing to decorate would have to be things such as notebook covers, stickers, shirts, and things similar to that. I can also do things such as my digital art for my own side projects such as drawing the character I enjoy doing

One attribute that always stands out is putting my ideas forward with a passion especially when it helps a community, my problem-solving ability, and how I never gave up until it was done. Back when I was in my last year of high school, I created a school club known as Lunch Bunch which is a club that brought together both resource room kids and all the mainstream kids (kids without disabilities or those who were not in the resource room) of the school for a lunch (which was catered in). Now, regarding the mission of my club, I had quite the backstory which made this very important to me. I've had approximately 60 procedures, my eldest sister was autistic, and my younger sister had brain cancer & seeing how little exposure mainstream kids got to people with disabilities made me a little upset as they were usually seen as odd for openly expressing themselves or just for having something like a cane or even to the point of the resource room's table being something many kids would not visit to say "hi" like any other lunch table out there. I mean bottom line, what would life be like if mainstream kids were able to see kids with any kind of disability as just like them on their level rather than someone who was seemingly helpless because of what they had going on? But with my experience of programs for kids with disabilities and having to set this thing up with my principal and a few big club advisors (Renaissance, National Honor Society, and Student Council), what can I do to that meet the mission? Well, what did I like and not like? I liked getting food catered at the events. I didn't like how mainstream kids were only to be volunteers instead of real participants for the most part. I loved how the events would sometimes be like parties where the main point was just for everyone to enjoy themselves. I didn't like how adult helpers always had to be present regardless if there was an actual need for them or not ( They deserve the right to if needed to though). Ok so a more down-to-earth, high schooler point of view of things rather from the typical adult POV. After months of meetings, going to school, and planning, I got help and figured out what to do. the first one and the second one were like a party. Kids joined in from every type of class you could think of. Ok, but when did this idea that I was so gun-ho about pay off? There was one that stuck out was this story: One day I was getting ready for class when this scene unfolded in front of my eyes. A kid from the resource room and a mainstream kid was in the middle of the room. The kid from the resource room was wondering where the snack shack was since they wanted whatever type of treat (drink, candy, etc) they had available there. I didn't hear the full conversation but I got the gist of it. All of a sudden, the mainstream kid said sincerely "I can show you where it is if you want." Whoa! No tone of voice or anything else crazy except as if these 2 kids were good friends. That one idea that had been pushed on for months turned a community of schoolchildren who saw things one way into a community of schoolchildren who now understood a few more of the many groups of schoolchildren out there.

Influence to me would mean doing something so powerful that it moves others to do similar. A good example of influencing I've had in my life was when I was in my senior year of high school and created a program in my school known as Lunch Bunch. This was a program where kids who were in the resource room would meet up with mainstream kids once a month and we would have food catered. This idea was created from the fact that both of my siblings are in the resource room and how at lunch people wouldn't choose to sit with them because of their worry about people perceiving their disabilities. Once the program was in full swing; I had to educate mainstream students on the program. Within a few weeks, the program became a huge success and still continues despite the fact I'm (currently at this time) in my freshman year of college. I've had to face adversity multiple times in my life I've had about 55 procedures from when I was 2 months old to today, my little sister had brain cancer at 10 years old, and my oldest sister is autistic. My family always pulls through every situation concerning our disabilities by having a positive outlook. I'm going to DCB (Dakota college at Bottineau) for graphic design. I chose this career field since I love art and science. If I was to earn this scholarship it would help take the cost off the books and tuition I need for classes in my sophmore/ last year of college.

I wish to be a graphic designer when I graduate from Dakota College at Bottineau however 2 things that I'm most passionate about outside of this career are art and science. Now that can be put together to create a career. I've been looking at careers and I've seen many jobs that combine all of these interests for one career goal (whether an internship or a regular job). As an example, if there's one more narrowed-down computer science goal, a job that I saw was interesting was a job at Upworks for a graphic designer to create things for a science education company. I looked into it and saw this description from the company that was offering the job on Indeed.com "We are a small science education company looking for artists to help us illustrate and bring to life the concepts we are trying to teach. This is only for a part-time position since we are still small. As we grow, the candidate artists will grow too, and more work will be required from them in the future. Some of the art may be in the form of simple drawings, and some will require animations. Candidates do not need to be animators, but if you are one, that is a plus. Please let us know if you are interested. We encourage all artists and illustrators to apply. Thank you.". I looked at it and thought that it would be nice to use both passions and career of choice to help educate people about science and whatever topics this company specifically needs help with. However, while it's fun to incorporate both art and science into a computer science goal, I don't know everything about the topic which is ok so I always can go back and learn things about this topic (whether that be researching or maybe taking classes on the subject). So it definitely wouldn't hurt to get more educated about a few things before and while on the job. So what this one opening has taught me is that in the future that there can be fun eye-catching jobs like this but it's perfectly fine not to know everything in whatever field you may be interested in. The job opening even got me a little inspired on what electives to take while I'm earning my degree. So thank you, Indeed and UpWorks for that little bit of inspiration. I'm hoping that in the future once I graduate, I'll be able to do creative jobs like that as well as learn a few new skills to help aid and broaden my career.

1. I've always loved technology since I got into First Lego Robotics in 2015/ 2016. As my interest in computer science increased, so did my passion for art. I thought in the future I could combine the 2. Even after First Lego Robotics, in high school, I took a computer science class and art classes. As well as that, I worked with VOC Rehab (a program that helps kids find careers) and found out that there are multiple was to combine art and technology together in careers I thought I'd love. I then went to Dakota College at Bottineau (DCB) for the degree known as Webmaster. When looking at what Webmaster had to offer and with how much people have said how graphic design would be a good fit for me, I grew interested in graphic design thus cementing my future career goal. 2. After DCB, I plan to attend North Dakota State University (NDSU) to advance my associates into a bachelors or to get a certificate (the Advertising and Design certificate to be exact) to pinpoint specifically what career under graphic career to do. After that, I plan to go into a graphic design company and advertise my art alongside helping other eople with designing logos and other products they might need help designing. 3. The reason why I think I would be a good candidate for recieving the scholarship is because I work really hard towards my goal and that this would help me become a graphic designer in the many years to come.