Alecia Trusty

Soon after graduating high school, I arrived in the U.S. envisioning what my college life would be like. I remembered what the movies illustrated with students walking around happy on campus, engaging with professors, and taking advantage of student activities. I quickly learned that my path to a degree would start out much different. I am a first generation Elementary Education student at the University of Missouri in Columbia, MO. Education wasn't always the major I thought of pursuing when I decide to attend college. In fact, at 18 my heart was set on becoming a pediatrician, but my local community college did not have any majors close to what I wanted. Even though education wasn't always the field my heart was set on, I fell in love with working with young children and learning about what makes them unique. Nonetheless, the desire to be a pediatrician continue to be a strong desire of mine, but being an educator still allows me to watch my students develop mentally, socially, and physically. I'm happy that I made the switch to education, and as I continue to grow in my studies my goal is not only to be marketable, but also to become an effective teacher with a positive impact on each child that walks into my classroom.