College Admissions Essay: My Life After High School

My life is full of inspirational individuals. They have given me the gratitude of others and I want to do the same. I want my life to be an inspiration for others that they could look up to. It has inspired me to giving back to the community.

As a freshman in high school, I have used my free time to volunteer at the local library. Becoming assistants to fellow students and librarians in need. This led me to join a tutoring center for children that helped kids improve their English, math, and social studies. However, one of the most prideful community works I have contributed after high school was volunteering for the local hospice. I have wanted to do something that could bring support to elders in their final moments. While volunteering at

the hospice, I have learned to worked with staffs: familiarizing its working environment and participating in fundraisers to support the organization as well as spreading awareness to a cause.
Now, I am currently a volunteer at the Stanford Hospital as a member of ICU Patient & Family Advisory Council. As a former patient, I have experienced great deal of care, but it was not always perfect. Even in the most outstanding hospital there is, there are times that I was neglected and worried about other things than to focus on my healing. This program gives me the opportunity to change and improve the quality of services and care so that patients and their family do not receive more stress than it already is. As one of the spokespersons for patients and their families, I have advocated their needs with physicians, staffs and other leaders discussing ways to provide them the proper services and care that they need.
Through my volunteer experiences, it has strengthened my goals of helping others. I have been able to be a part of a community that helps and encourages one another for a better society. As a volunteer, I have worked to giving back to my community and I plan to continue that in the future.