Dulce DeIson
Blog #1: Welcome Message
English 105
November 15, 2013
About
Me
I come from a family
with very strong roots, dedicated to helping each other as well as those in the
surrounding community. I grew up in
rural Panamá and was raised by my great grandmother from a very young age. By the time I reached the age of six, I
became cognizant of life around me and my great grandmother (age 60 at the
time), instilled in me the importance of helping your family as well as those
around you in our simpler way of life.
This included helping her to tend the chickens & pigs that we kept
on our land, cultivate our small organic farm and prepare our family recipes
from scratch that built complex flavors from our abundant ingredients. Cooking with my great grandmother really
ignited my passion for cooking and played a huge role with why I’m in school
now! My great grandmother was also a
community leader and active in local politics which furthered the lessons I
learned of helping others and making a better life for them. When I returned to live with my nuclear
family, I took the lessons I learned from my great grandmother and applied
them; rising to the challenge to lead the family, helping to raise my six
sisters & brothers and get them through school all while going to school
myself. This continues to this day,
helping my sisters make a better life for themselves and their families through
continuing education & starting small businesses.
I have always strived to
lead by example. Throughout high school,
I was an extremely dedicated & intelligent student, who always at the top
of my class and played an active role on the leadership council there. More recently, I have applied this principle
of leading by example to the small business that I have owned &
operated. From my day care to my nail
salon, my employees always knew what I expected of them because I was there
next to them demonstrating how I expected them to go about their job. Sure I was the owner and could have just given
them instructions, but working side by side earned me their trust, their
respect and made them far more successful employees.
