Submission Number: 66
Submission ID: 367
Submission UUID: 15737a33-253e-4da5-b5ce-b00ac3cfb3fe

Created: Fri, 05/07/2021 - 18:34
Completed: Fri, 05/07/2021 - 18:34
Changed: Tue, 05/06/2025 - 06:37

Remote IP address: 73.217.83.222
Submitted by:Anonymous
Language: English

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Ridley
Avila
He
Longmont
CO
United States
80504
Aerospace
English (5), Spanish (3)
I was born into a military family so I've lived in a couple of countries and have been able to experience a few different cultures and traditions. I was born in England, did preschool in Italy, began my education in Denver for two years, finished primary school (elementary school) in England, did all of Middle and 1/2 of High school in Georgia (US), and I'm now finishing High school in Niwot. By living across the world, I believe it has made me cultured, and open to other cultures and ideas since I have had the ability to live abroad and see how different countries do things. Though I have not lived in a developing country, I did travel to Jamaica for a two-week stay. We stayed with some family near Kingston, the capital, and all I could remember was the lack of infrastructure outside the city. The roads were poorly paved, and though we had TV inside the house, the WiFi was sketchy, and some parts of the house had poor lighting during the night. We weren't living in terrible conditions compared to many places in the world, but for the first time, I got to see some poor conditions and see how most of the development was centered heavily around the city. So I think that though my experience wouldn't have been near as rich as traveling to Sub-Saharan Africa or to the suburbs out in Brazil, I think that traveling to a developing country showed me that we can't take everything for granted while living in England and Italy has shown me that there are always different approaches to the same problem.
I would want to live next to a person who has lived in other parts of the world and has adopted traditions from that country. This is so I could relate to them, and so we could adopt parts of each other's culture and expand our mindset. I would also like the person to be diligent, have good time management skills, be friendly, and sociable. This is because while being on time, and getting work done is good, I would also like to be able to talk with them to create that bond, to share my culture. Additionally, I would like a person who might play video games, board games or plays volleyball if possible. This is because to me, I have always made more genuine friendships when I play a sport with them because we gain a connection with each other which is only rivaled by a few. Finally, if possible, I would like the person to be an IB diploma high school graduate. This is so we could find common ground in our high school years, and be able to relate in that sense.
I want to be a Global Engineering RAP student at CU because becoming an engineer isn't so you can just benefit yourself, it's so you can help benefit others. By improving infrastructure around the world, we can raise the standard of living, create new forms of innovation as more people can attend schools, and also help connect our world so that we can create technology at a much faster pace. I think the community would benefit as I could help more in the building of homes. For the past two years I've been here, I've been working at Habitat for Humanity, helping build/repair homes. I've worked on 3 sites and I've learned a lot from the experiences, and by becoming an engineer, I would become a much more valuable member of the team than I was before. As school is winding down now, I'll probably go back and do a couple more builds before college, and likewise continue to help at Habitat for Humanity during my college years.
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