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For more than half a decade, I have maintained a conceptual continuity in my academic and professional careers, a consistent path to advanced knowledge and understanding of Finance and Economics, both in theory and practical, real-world experiences. I have reached a point where I am anxious to …
Coming from Iran, I have a worldview that is quite different from my academic peers. I do not mention this simply to increase the diversity of the student body. Completing my undergraduate education in London, as well as living and working there, I developed an ability to interact effectively with…
Born in Santa Ana and raised in Riverside, I am a young Laotian woman who is pleased to make her contribution to the beautiful, intricate ethnic diversity of California. Having always loved numbers, order, principles, honesty, and fair play, I have long been attracted to the idea of becoming an acco…
Suffering, poverty, malnutrition and an ineffective health care system are things that most Americans will never experience. Before I was eighteen, I had seen all four. I was born in Nicaragua and lived through all of these things, and came to America to become a force for change in my homeland. …
For the past seven years, I have been involved in plastic surgery, and successfully so, but have found that I am not satisfied psychologically or emotionally by this work. I feel that I have exhausted every avenue of promotion and challenges without becoming a surgeon myself, something I am more th…
The path that has led me to become a pursuant to a graduate-level teaching program is a unique story of strength, courage, and resilience in the face of incredible adversity. August 8th, 1978 saw the Soviet invasion of my homeland of Afghanistan. As the 40th Soviet Army deployed itself, we prayed …
Growing up behind the Iron Curtain - St. Petersburg - deep within the Soviet Union, my father and I would hold our regular clandestine meetings, hovering over an AM radio, listening to our only link with the outside world and Voice of America. I was a boy, then, and yet, as I look back now, reading…
