Personal Narrative Analysis

It is surprising, but true that motivation for people comes from money, power, and fame. Not quite for me, I was motivated by my loving grandmother. She instilled in me to “Stay Gold”, work hard and be honest always. When you combine those together you can’t put a limit on what you’ll be able to do in life.
I’m just a 21-year-old girl named Andre’a Anderson that was born and raised in Cleveland, OH. Every single day I make it my goal to push myself beyond who I was yesterday, so I can continue to make my dreams come to reality. Growing up I was raised by a single mother due to the passing of my father from Lung Cancer. At the time of this tragic event, I was only nine years old in which it didn’t make much sense to why all this was happening. However, as time went on I learned how to evaluate the phases of life.

My mother showed me that in any situation you can do the impossible.

Being a single mother is not easy, well from what I observed. My mother was gone all the time working to make sure I was taking care of. I didn’t mind because I got to spend a great deal of time with my grandmother. I mean she has the best cooking, blankets, and stories. My favorite things to do throughout the many days at my grandmothers was to feed the birds, squirrels, the stray cats, and dogs. Also, she had a pond in the backyard and we would go out and refill with fresh water and just watch all the birds come take baths, even watch the stray cats and dogs come to grab a drink of water. I always went out my way to save any and every animal that came into my presence. My grandmother always supported my mission of helping animals since I could

remember.
I became thrilled knowing Sage College of Albany offered a major in Public Health where I could not only protect and improve the physical, mental and social well-being of animals, people and their environment. While visiting Sage College of Albany all the things I was looking for in a college was available, such as the academics, diversity, campus, values, dorms, location, safety, and staff. All around it was such a great environment and I was excited to call Sage College of Albany home. I enjoy working with animals and people and being the reason for improving their lives. Joining Sage College of Albany, I will start the progress of taking all the necessary steps to make a measurable impact in the growing field of Public Health.