I’ve always admired the talent of reporters who are able to appear on national tv and perform so well with a broad audience. But, I never expected to be interviewed by one during a global pandemic.
Last week I had the chance to appear on Panama National TV to talk about my experience being a recipient of the Walton Scholarship.
Check it out HERE
There’s so much I can talk about my experience being a Walton scholar. But I’ll summarize it using a few pictures I sent the reporter by email for the news cast.
The crew
This was one of the first pictures ever taken to our group. These guys were from my class of Walton scholars and they became life long friends. Even today we see each other every once in a while in some convenient country. There are nationalities from all across Central America and Mexico.
The brotherhood
One of the most significant things I made in my time at college was joining a brotherhood. There I made many friends even today I’m in contact with. We would do a lot of fun things together: sports, food, travel. I knew I could count on them. For holiday breaks such as thanksgiving and christmas I knew they all were willing to host me.
The sports
We would play all kinds of sports. In this picture we had just played fut golf. We had a strong brotherhood at all time.
The silliness
We loved having costume parties where would would have a ton of fun. The sense of community was noticeable at all times.
The soccer club
Estos domingos de futbol nunca se borraran de mi memoria.
One of the most important things a group of friends and I did was to create a soccer club. We would gather on Sundays, Saturdays and Wednesdays to play. Many people would join us specially latinos, africans and europeans. These moments will always be in my memory.
The sense of community
I value so much all the friendships I made at my time in college. Each one of the people had fantastic values and a sense of missions to change the world that even today inspires me.
Give something back mindset
Being part of a non-profit was one of my favorite activities. Our mission was to collect funds for kids in Central America. Being able to collaborate in this cause opened my perspective of the world so much.
Enjoying life
At college we had all sorts of activities such as concerts, musicals, theater, sports, paint war. Social interaction and community never lacked.
Friends from everywhere
A valuable thing for me was being able to make friends with people from all over the world. It gave me global perspective of the world and the many different cultures there are.
Best campus ever
During spring they would always have this I <3 HU sign. This way we could show our appreciation for Harding University. Campus was always neat. It really was an environment which motivated studying.
The Academics
Algo fundamental para mí fue todos los recursos académicos disponibles que tuve. Los profesores eran muy accesibles y eran muy expertos en las clases que daban. Se notaba la pasión con que lo hacían. Siempre sentí que su objetivo era hacernos profesionales de la mas alta calidad. Hoy en día en el ámbito laboral utilizo muchas de las cosas que aprendi de ellos.
On this picture we’re posing with the president of the university after earning third place on the Computer Science capstone project.
Something fundamental to me was the academic resources available. Professors were very accesible and experts at the classes they taught. You could see the passion with which they were doing their job. I always felt their objective was to make us the highest quality professionals. Nowadays I use many of the things I learned from them.
Faithful fans
We would always support the university at all sports they participated in. The environment on weekends was fenomenal.
Graduation
La beca Walton y la oportunidad que me dio de estudiar en el extranjero definitivamente cambió mi vida. Todas las experiencias aprendidas me han servido hoy en día no solo en lo profesional sino también en lo personal y espiritual. Tengo muchos buenos recuerdos y amistades que no cambiaria por nada. La educación que brindan es fenomenal y junto con la experiencia social y de comunidad lo hace algo fuera de este mundo. Creo que muchas universidades pueden ofrecer buena educación. Pero ofrecer buena educación y a la vez forjar el sentido de misión y propósito en individuos es algo muy difícil de encontrar.
Muchas gracias por la entrevista Maria de los Angeles! Aprecio mucho lo que estas haciendo!
For my graduation my mom and my sister had the chance to come and see me. That day was one of the happiest in my life. It had been the end of 4 years in one of the most marvelous places I’ve known. This place definitively polished who I am as a person.
Final thoughts
The Walton scholarship and the opportunity to study abroad definitively changed my life. All the experiences I learned have helped me not only professionally but personally and spiritually. I have many good memories and friendships I would not change for anything. The education I was given was fenomenal and along the social and community experiences made it something out of this world.
I think many universities can offer good education. Nonetheless, offering quality education and forging the sense of mission and purpose in individuals is something truly hard to find.
Thank you so much Maria de los Angeles! I appreciate all you’re doing.
Isacar
Bonus
There was soo much traveling during college. No other why I can’t stop. Check out my story to Grand Canyon and Vegas
If you want to know more about the scholarship check THIS out.
Love it brother! Keep the good vibes!
Thank you so much Bernabe! Means a lot!
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