Dillon Barr – Central Michigan University I won’t ever forget the call my sales manager, Maurice Howell, made to me while I was sitting in my college apartment doing nothing with my life. At the time I thought I was a mature, patient, well-rounded young man with the world at my fingertips. I could easily [...]
Amber Taylor – University of Missouri Growing up, I looked up to people like Peter Benenson and Margaret Mead in awe. I wanted my life to emulate theirs in some way—I had no idea what I wanted to do, I just knew I wanted to make a difference in the lives of others somehow. But [...]
Kailyn Castro – University of Missouri It’s something that not everybody wants to do? It’s going to be a challenge? It’s going to help me grow as a person? Sign me up. I’ve always been the one in a group of friends to enjoy the awkward moments or go up to a complete stranger and [...]
Miguel Joaquin – Michigan State University My name is Miguel Joaquin. I am a senior at Michigan State University majoring in Medical Technology, and I applying to Medical School in the next month. This is my Southwestern story. I remember my girlfriend telling me about a possible internship opportunity she had heard about and was [...]
A sweet and short summer job, with a lot of money and some cool people and new places – HA, little did I know. I am a sophomore at the University of Bridgeport in the USA, studying International Political economy and diplomacy. Growing up in a German Mennonite Colony in South America, Paraguay I soon [...]
Jackson Chao – Simon Fraser University Throughout high school and my first few years in University, I didn’t know what I wanted to do with my life. I was drifting around like a lost balloon in the wind, went wherever was safe and settled for whatever was convenient. I joined clubs but rarely showed up, [...]
Tamara and Mike Porter – The Porter’s daughter, Channing, worked in the Southwestern Advantage sales and leadership program as a freshman at the University of Maryland As parents of a college freshman daughter, we were obviously concerned when Channing came home talking about selling books door-to-door over the summer in the Southwestern Advantage sales program. [...]
Anna Hoang – Breaking out of my comfort zone! My name is Anna Hoang and I graduated from British Columbia Institute of Technology (BCIT) with a diploma in Financial Management. Like most students at BCIT, my time at BCIT was filled with sleep deprived and over worked days. Taking seven to eight courses per semester [...]
Jenny Ly Everything I have done up to last summer has been a great effort with an awesome start but I have never been able to follow through with the same effort on anything. I am sure I am not the only one to have admitted finishing strong isn’t top on my list of achievements. [...]
Kyle Conley – University of Missouri When I was fourteen I was given a book on becoming a star by a man who had managed the top people in Hollywood. At the time I wanted to be an actor so my mom gave me the book to most likely stomp out my ambition and make [...]