Starting out in college, I began with a major in journalism. I wanted to be in the heart of the media, attend a variety of events and meet new people from different backgrounds. After a few journalism classes, I decided that this was not where I needed to be. After volunteering on an orphanage trip to Cluj-Napoca, Romania, I came home and changed my major to English. I began taking English classes at California Baptist University. I enjoyed the readings from the different classes and the professors had a great attitude and a lot of knowledge about the course material. I began looking forward to the different English courses I was able to take and I knew that changing my major to English was a great decision. After graduation, I will be enrolled in a credentialing program for a mild to moderate special education credential. I want to teach special day classes to students at the high school level. I think that reading and writing are extremely important skills to have despite any disability or challenge in someone’s life. About a year ago, tending to students with special needs was put on my heart. I have wanted to be a high school English teacher for sometime, but realizing that I can help a group of people that are so often overlooked, made me realize I can utilize my degree in a variety of fields, including the field in which the children are disabled. In attending California Baptist University for my undergraduate degree, I have learned that Christ gives us all unique talents and abilities and it is up to us to do his will with what we are given. I believe my gift is to teach. I will attend the credentialing program and complete the program within the next year and a half. During this time, I will apply to be an instructional aide in order to gain more experience in the special education field. Ultimately, I would like to move overseas, back to Romania, to teach English and do missionary work long term. Through being part of the English program at CBU, my eyes have been open to different types of literature that I might not have read without the classes. The Importance of Being Earnet, by Oscar Wilde, and Nectar in a Sieve, by Kamala Markandaya, are two examples of text that I have read in different classes that I probably would have never considered reading of otherwise. My time at CBU has prepared me to go on and teach whether that be in a special day class or across the globe.