ENGL 21003 -K  (Writing For The Sciences )

Professor Brittany Zayas 

Anallely Vargas 

02/09/2021

Introductory Letter

As a little girl, and being the oldest child, I have dreamt of attending college and graduating with a Bachelor Of Arts, go to medical school and earn my degree in Medicine. Throughout my life, I have experienced many major moments that have shaped who I am today. One of the most life-changing events was when my siblings were born. As I was growing up, I saw my parents struggle to educate and prepare me for school. Since they did not know English, they always had to pay for me to have a tutor to help me study for exams, etc. So when my brothers were born I promised to be a role model for them. I knew I had to teach them what I already knew so that my parents would not struggle to prepare them as they did with me. It’s not that I don’t want them to know or experience the struggle I went through, but I know for a fact that, if I was a younger sibling I would love that kind of support.

  As I began to become a young adult and understand life more; I realized that being able to communicate both in English and Spanish is something so important for me. I value that a lot and I am not afraid to portray that. There was a time that I did struggle to do so. At first, I couldn’t think of why, but I came to a realization that it depends on the environment you are in as well as the people who are around like friends or family who can influence you and even situations you could be in life. For instance, my family’s primary language is Spanish, so I understand and know how to read and write that language as well as English. Now I remember a time where I stood there, standing in front of people who were just like me, but in my mind, they seemed completely different. I didn’t understand how I couldn’t speak my primary language in front of my peers. I mean speaking, writing, etc. in Spanish at home was easy for me. What was my problem? I told myself as I was beginning to talk ’’imagine them as your hermanos or papas.’’When I was done talking I felt accomplished because I talked my native language but I for some reason didn’t feel right.

At that point, I also realized that who I was at home was a different person to whom I was at school and in other places. When I join classes online or when I used to go to school, I am most of the time serious and I don’t talk much with others unless I have to do partner or group work, which I don’t mind at all. Compared to when I am at home or with my friends, I am often more talkative and have more feelings expressed. It’s kinda funny to me because I can’t tell why I am like that but that’s me.

Going in-depth about my personality, I believe I have strengths that I can share or express to others who are different from me. A few strengths I consider myself to have are Leadership skills, Honesty, Patience, Empathy, self-motivation, Determination, Respectfulness, and Dedication. I give thanks to my parents for educating me the way they did and all my teachers from elementary because I believe they played a big role in my development as a person. Now, I am not perfect, I have my weaknesses as well. The top two weaknesses that I have struggled a lot with is public speaking and shyness. They are connected because for example I often struggle with presentations. The reason being is that since I am shy I struggle to talk with large groups. I tend to be more vocal in smaller groups to become more confident and then move into communicating with bigger groups.

Now, this is only part of my life and of my personality, if I were to write down every thought or feeling, etc. from my life there would be infinite pages to read. Everyone and everything has a story behind them, sometimes it’s visible and other times it is not but that’s how we are as humans.