Prompt

Master's Degree and CAGS applicants: Your written personal statement should be 750–1250 words long. Please use narrative form and address the following questions:
	In reflecting upon your personal and professional history, what forces have influenced your professional growth and contributed to your decision to seek admission to this Lesley University program?
	Finding strength in Pluma – I went through sexual abuse at a young age and so did they. The theater helped me explore and unpack 		those experiences alongside people who were supportive of me, and also let me play out a scenario where Pluma was able to escape from their abuser and rise above those feelings. This made me want to create those spaces for others
	What are your long-term professional goals (new directions, opportunities, interests, skills, professional renewal, and/or work advancement), and how does this Lesley University program help you to meet them?
	Nadya Trytan was someone I talked to about Lesley, she told me about developmental transformation, which is something I want to build on and learn more about in terms of my desire to help people reclaim their bodies