Hi my name is alyssa. This is my last semester at BMCC before i transfer to a four year college. I am from Brooklyn New York but my family is from Trinidad and Barbados. I’m a dancer for a professional dance company and I also work at a after school teaching children dance. I would like to a school counselor or a social worker. When I first came into to college i wanted to do psychology but quickly switch over to Gender and women’s studies because it connected more to what I wanted to to. I took one GWS class and i knew that this is were I needed to be instead of psychology. I did not really know what i wanted to major in when I first started school but i knew the career path that i wanted to take. I feel like I’ve always be a advocate for women especially black women. There is so much that goes on in the black community that damages young girls and boys and it is never spoken about. I’m Pro-black and womanist but I speak on all issues that I have knowledge on. I don’t think i have questions I’m just really to drive in and get all the information that I can and learn more. There is so much that goes on all over the world that affects women, child and the LGBTQ+ community that needs to be changed and brought to light and honesty i just want to help and be apart of that change. In a women’s health class that i took, some topics that really stuck with me is gendered violence and femicide. In the United States often times i feel like we are in a bubble the only outside country we pay close attention to is England and I honestly do not understand why. I believe that many people in America stay in this bubble and have a “if it doesn’t affect me I don’t care” kind of attitude. That is the worst kind of attitude to have because living in United States is already a privilege that you have. So why not use that to help others. I am an extremely helpful person. Sometimes i get too busy helping others and making sure that they are good that I forget about myself. My goal in life is just to help others and it i can take away a little bit of pain and suffrage then so be it.
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Hey Alyssa! I don’t know if you remember me but I was in your Women’s theatre class last semester. If you do then it’s nice to see you again. Well I can agree with what you said in your post about everything going on in the world especially with women, children, LGBTQ+ community and how it needs to be brought into the light and being apart of that change. Like that’s one of the main reasons why I stayed in Gender and Women’s studies. But also to help others in any possible way I can in order to make everything right in the world. But anyways, I hope that we can connect soon later on during the semester in the GWS capstone and I will see you around. Have a good evening!
Dear Alyssa, Thank you for introducing yourself! I love your eagerness and desire to learn. You ask some important questions here about what can motivate others to care about others and take action– perhaps this is something you can explore in your project. best, Professor Munshi