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Why I Want Advanced Degrees

But I Have No Money for School Right Now, Period.

By Iria Vasquez-PaezPublished 6 years ago 3 min read
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I have a bachelor’s in creative writing from San Francisco State University, and two A.A. degrees from Foothill College, one in creative writing and one in anthropology with honors. I had a scholarship for my B.A. and my parents helped with my A.A.s, but now nobody is helping me with school, I have to somehow make the money on my own. So yeah, I appreciate the donations I can get on here. I have to take junior college classes that both repeat the bad grades I got and add new things to my academic record. I want to start off with a law degree/joint MBA degree from a Catholic school out here. My plan to get there is to take psychology online from Foothill, and then maintain my units. I also want to take online business classes as well as on campus business classes.

I will take my paralegal degree online from online school. I have to finish my Greyschool pagan education by the end of this year. I am taking some essential classes for moving up to year 6. I’m a year 5. It has taken me way too long. This is what I fear about going back to school, that it will take too long. I’m also terrified of passing the Bar or failing the Bar. I want to become a pro-bono lawyer who doesn’t make a dime from anybody. I want to help mentally ill people, as well as people in abuse situations that want to escape their families or their partners. My business ideas will make me the money. Not the legal stuff I want to get into. I’m also interested in being a D.A. and a prosecutor if there is time. That will be able to make me money as well.

The MBA I want is on the list so that I can help people start businesses as a consultant. I want to help those on disability get off disability by starting a business so that they can support themselves. I tried one of those website businesses but, well, I didn’t have money for advertising so I gave up. After all that is over with, I’m going to go to UCLA to do their mental health and the law program as well as their archaeology M.A. This will be two years. When I’m done with that, I move back home to study my M.S. at local universities, which offer an M.S. program.

After that, I will move back to UCLA for an M.D./Ph.D. program, which can help me study the specialties of psychiatry, neurology, endocrinology, and genetics. I want to also be able to serve as a genetics counselor. I want to become a certified diabetes educator. As far as neurology goes, well, I am looking forward to eventually seeing one for myself. I want to help disabled people escape toxic situations, make money, and live on their own. I can’t do anything about my childhood. It is done. I had no medication but somehow I made it to thirty-six. I somehow have the degrees I have now. I’m on my own, and doing well because I’m taking my medication. I think I can do better at math than I ever thought possible. My law degree will serve me well when I get into running for office as I want to run for District 10 in 2020, in San Jose. This can get me a stipend or something. I want to make a difference, I want to help other people.

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Iria Vasquez-Paez

I have a B.A. in creative writing from San Francisco State. Can people please donate? I'm very low-income. I need to start an escape the Ferengi plan.

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