Furthering my educational journey, I was fortunate to obtain an athletic softball scholarship at Wayne State University in Detroit, Michigan. It can easily be identified that majority of my professional attributes stem from my athletic background, both before and during university. As a result of my educational studies and exposure to sports at a collegiate level, I have developed a deep understanding of what it entails to be leader, a team player, to have respect, to embrace responsibility, to be diverse and most importantly to learn from mistakes. Like the work force, an athletic scholarship requires a lot from students, pushing you to limits you never knew existed. From a stringent schedule to the continuous intense pressure for perfection, playing at a collegiate level could easily make or break an individual. Although I had endured an abundance of stress, I can proudly say that playing at a collegiate level has helped shaped the social and professional individual I am today. Being pushed to new boundaries has taught me that failure does not define an individual, but being able to recognize your failures, learning from them, embracing diverse personalities and opinions allows you to grow as an individual.  It is evident that athletics bring forth characteristics in oneself that you may not know exist.