About Me

My name is Natasia Rodriguez and this is my second year in college. For the longest I never exactly knew what I wanted to do with school. I was never the strongest student and my mind was just always worrying about something else. It wasn’t until the beginning of my second year of college that I was hit with a harsh reality. My grades were finally all in and it was decided that I would no longer be able to attend school at Sac State due to my academics being so poor. I was so lost and confused on where my next steps should be. School had to work out for me because that was the only thing I had to lean on. Growing up I had to realize that nobody was going to get it together for me, I had to have serious and hard conversations with myself that ultimately led to my triumph. Coming to Sac City I had a very determined mindset because I had already hit rock bottom academically so I knew exactly where I didn’t want to be again. I surprised myself last semester as I got all As and Bs, which was better than my goal. I knew that if I put my mind to anything I could achieve just about everything. Part of my negative mindset that I had to overcome was just feelings of not being good enough. I come from a really broken family and I always felt like I was the screw up or the one who everybody disliked. Ultimately I saw how this view of myself transferred on to different parts of my life where I saw myself always doubting my potential or having harsh opinions on myself. With school I always just thought I couldn’t do it or I would make all these excuses up on why I couldn’t do this or that because of the horrible first year I had. Once I was able to deal with the outside factors and my mindset that were all contributing to my downfall, I saw amazing results. I plan to become a child psychologist because I have a strong passion for understanding and helping children that haven’t been dealt the best cards so that they have a better chance of becoming successful adults. When I was younger I saw and experienced a lot of things that didn’t make sense to me and since then I guess I just developed a passion for understanding the misunderstood. I understand that for what I want to do it requires a lot of school and I’ve had to change my mindset about school and figure out what works best for me. I know that I have great things in store for me and it makes me feel very happy to know that I am not the person I was a year ago. Growth has definitely become something that I seek out and admire.