UKelly (yena/wakhe), oneminyaka engama-22, eNew York

“Njengomfundisi-ntsapho we-STEM, ndiye ndabuyela emva ukuze ndicinge ngazo zonke iimvavanyo kunye neempazamo endiye ndadlula kuzo ukuze ndifumane into endiyithandayo kunye nento endifuna ukuyenza ngomsebenzi. Njengomntwana ndandinomdla kwiinkalo ezininzi ze-STEM bendihlala ndiyithanda isayensi ixesha elide ndikhumbula kodwa ndandihlala ndixelelwa ngabantu abahlakaniphile kuphela abanokufikelela kwisayensi kwaye ndaxelelwa ukuba andinakuze ndifezekise umsebenzi wesayensi. Ndandineso simo sengqondo kubo bonke ubuntwana bam ukusuka kwisikolo samabanga aphantsi ukuya kwisikolo samabanga aphakamileyo ayizange iyeke. Kumabanga aphezulu ndanyanzeleka ukuba ndikhethe i-academy ndinikwe endingayithandiyo, okanye abantu bandixelela ukuba mandingenzi nto kuba ndisisidenge, ekugqibeleni ndakhetha ubunjineli. Ngosuku lokuqala lweklasi kunyaka wam wesibini kwisikolo samabanga aphakamileyo, ndandisazi ukuba andiyithandi kwaye andinakuze ndiyiqonde imiba yefiziksi kunye nezibalo kunye. Kodwa ndiye ndagqitha kuyo kuba bendizibona ukuba andina choice kuba bendizama ukubonisa ukuba ndiyakwazi ndawupasa lonyaka wokuqala kodwa bendixhwalekile. Ebudeni belo xesha, ndandikwiphulo lokufaka isicelo sokuqeqeshelwa umsebenzi kwi-American Museum of Natural History njengomfundisi-ntsapho wenzululwazi nangona ndandixelelwe ukuba ndingayenzi kuba ndandingenabulumko ngokwaneleyo. Ndathi ndakwamkelwa, ndavuya kakhulu kodwa kwangaxeshanye ndathetha phantsi kakhulu, kodwa ndandisenza i-internship nanjengoko ndandifundisa abantu ngeenkalo ezahlukeneyo zenzululwazi, ndaqonda indlela endandiyithanda ngayo isayensi nebhayoloji yaye ekugqibeleni ndade ndayifumana eyam. uthando kunye nento endifuna ukuyenza njengomsebenzi. Ndichithe iintsuku ezi-5 ngeveki ngexesha lokufunda izinto zokufunda kwaye ndihlala ndifunda izinto ezintsha malunga nemimandla eyahlukeneyo yesayensi endifundisa abantu kuyo kwaye ndiye ndachukumiseka kakhulu yindlela eyahluke ngayo isayensi kwaye kwakusemva kokuba i-internship iphelile ndiye ndaqaphela ukuthanda kwam. . Ndisaqhuba ubunjineli kuso sonke isikolo samabanga aphakamileyo kwaye andizange ndiphumelele iiklasi, kodwa ngoku ndiqhuba kakuhle njengomfundisi-ntsapho weSTEM.”