| Recently while applying for an employment position | | | | before seen a white man. |
| with the Miami Teaching Fellows I was asked to | | | | As a minister who has touched over 50 countries and |
| write a 200 to 400 word essay explaining why I | | | | 6 continents, I know how to build bridges |
| wanted to teach in high-need schools. | | | | cross-culturally with other ethnicities. I understand the |
| The key to successfully writing such an essay for | | | | challenges various races face and respectfully |
| employment purposes are threefold: | | | | appreciate their struggle. Because I can relate and |
| 1. Differentiate yourself from other applicants. | | | | feel others pain, I can heal their hearts and empower |
| 2. Show some heart and passion for the position. | | | | them unto greatness. |
| 3. Display previous work performance and achieved | | | | As a life coach and international transformational |
| results. | | | | speaker, I can connect well with students and |
| Here below is my essay, which I wrote for the Miami | | | | communicate in such a way to ignite a passion for |
| Teaching Fellows. | | | | peak performance. As an author and poet, I |
| I want to teach in high-need schools because | | | | effectively use words that resonate and captivate |
| throughout my life I have always served where | | | | hearts within. |
| others did not dare to go. Personal safety for me is | | | | African American students and Hispanic students love |
| not as important as making a genuine impact with my | | | | me because I have been to their countries overseas |
| life and helping humanity. | | | | and understand their culture. I can speak some |
| As a human rights activist and rescue relief workers, | | | | phrases in the dialects of East Africa and Latin |
| I severed at Ground Zero in NYC during 9/11; helped | | | | America. |
| rebuild a home at the tsunami epicenter; comforted | | | | Youth throughout the world have been changed and |
| victims of genocide in Rwanda; spoke to leaders in | | | | transformed by my words of affirmation, |
| East Timor during the war; inspired students & | | | | unconditional love, and uplifting inspirational messages. |
| monks in Myanmar; promoted peace & | | | | My heartfelt passion for students makes me a |
| reconciliation in Pakistan; and have been so deep into | | | | preferred favorite in the classroom. |
| the bush of rural Africa where villagers had never | | | | |