Hi! My name is
Melanie Sheehe and I am a freshman at Penn State University Park. I grew up in Hershey Pennsylvania as a lover
of film, the environment, and social service.
I came across the Community, Environment and Development major during my
new student orientation and knew that it was the perfect major for me. I am an intended Spanish minor, as I took
many years of it in high school and one semester here at Penn State.
My dream has
always been to one day become a member of the Peace Corps. I want to represent my home country as a
nation of selflessness and service while also using my college degree to help
create sustainable growth in underdeveloped nations around the world. Many countries, like Costa Rica, have always
instilled inspiration in me, because as a nation, the government prioritizes
the conservation of natural resources and supplies adequate funding for
national parks and wildlife reserves. I
have always wanted to work in a place that holds the values of a morally
conscious and conservative nation. The
understanding that many countries in Latin America hold these values has driven
me to continue to take Spanish so that one day I might be able to study in one
of these Spanish speaking countries.
As for the Peace
Corps, I have some experience travelling to developing countries and during my
travels, I noticed that many of the relief efforts from nations like the US
involve giving away resources and supplies, when this action is only a
temporary fix that worsens the state of the struggling economy in the long
run. Instead of this, I want to use my
life to spread knowledge to these countries so that they are
able to recover and continue to grow in a sustainable way. This way, the
foundation of the nation is strengthened through community and steady growth. I
am particularly interested in the use of environmentally conservative
transportation, like bicycles and public transportation; both of which reduce
the use of nonrenewable fossil fuels.
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