Dear Ms. Scott:

I am writing this letter to provide you with a clear knowledge of my background. I will talk about my family, education I have obtained, where I am from and the career path I have chosen to take.

To begin, I was born on February 23, 1982 in Newton, New Jersey. I have one sister and one brother. My parents moved us from New Jersey to North Carolina when I was ten years old. That is where I consider home because I have most of my memories there. I lived near the beach and really miss it at times. After graduating high school I went to Spain to model for two months. Upon my return from Spain I flew into John F. Kennedy airport almost exactly two month before September 11, 2001. The modeling did not work out so I decided to start college. I went to the local community college in my hometown. While there I studied Paralegal Technology but due to lack of money I dropped out after a year and a half.

After college I had various jobs that ranged from working in an Attorneys office to re-drawing artwork in publications for the H-46 helicopter. We lived near several airbases, Cherry Point being the closest one. This is where I met my Husband. We Married a year later and soon after moved to Illinois. My husband was born in Illinois and wanted to come back to go to school. A year before my husband graduated we had our first child. Addison Jade, she is now two and such a smart and fun little girl. Once my husband was finished with college he obtained a job at The Peoria County Sheriff’s Office as a Deputy.

I worked at Pekin Insurance for almost four years and realized that it was not the type of job for me. I decided to quit and go back to school. This summer was my first semester back. I am majoring in The Physical Therapist Assistant program. One of my goals this semester is to get A’s in all my classes to help boost my numbers for acceptance in my program. I am also working towards volunteer hours at a local hospital. These are my two main focuses for this semester.

I hope you have enjoyed my letter and I am excited to start my first full semester back to college.

Sincerely,

Colleen E. Mathias