Kylie Pratt

EDU 280 Portfolio Artifact # 1

Connie Christensen
2/14/2020
10 Words That Describe Me
Cultural Belonging:

English is my first and only Being raised in the bible belt I grew For most of my life I was the
fluid language, I was born up going to the one church in my oldest, with a younger brother
Female and my pronouns small town. As I grew up I developed and a single mother. About ten
are she/her. my own ideas based on meeting a years ago my mom met my
I have lived in the United variety of people and learning about step-father and we became a
States my entire life. I have their different religions. Now I am blended family. I was quickly
moved around the U.S. a polytheistic and I have developed an the oldest of 6. I went from
little so I have been exposed interest in all religions. I believe all having just one brother to four
to differences in regional hold their own truths and I may not brothers and one sister. We
cultures. I have traveled the agree with everything but anything had a rocky start, but now we
globe and I have been lucky that urges people to be better are close and our home is a
enough to see other cultures members of humanity is great in my very playful loving
personally and learn to book. environment.
appreciate them.
Cultural Belonging:
Continued
I celebrate all of the commonly recognised
holidays in the U.S. but the 4th of July is my
favorite from childhood. In the area I grew up
there is more freedom with fireworks, my
family easily spent $1,000 each year and we
all came together on my grandfather’s land to
have a giant display of our own. All of the kids
were taught fire safety rules that I still use
today and we always had about 10 buckets of
water filled and ready to extinguish a flame
quickly. During These celebrations we ate the
usual BBQ food, simple and great. The best
part about all of this was having the whole
family together enjoying ourselves. This
solidified a strong family bond in me that I
believe everyone should have.
Life Experiences:
Challenges and Education
Like everyone I have faced challenges that Education has been the most
have made me the person I am today. These important thing in my life so far. I
things I have overcome help me give me the was always worried about my
confidence to make the tough choices I may grades, and being the best
be faced with today. student I could be. This comes
➔ Raised by a single mom from me thinking that if you are
➔ Involved in an abusive relationship not successful in school you
➔ Brothers with mental illness would most likely never get far in
life. I know now that is not
In the times when these things felt like they
necessarily true and that my idea
were taking over my life I had to learn to react
of the right way to succeed or the
to stressful or scary situations like an adult
easiest route is definitely not the
would when I was just a kid. Because of this I
same as anyone else's.
have to actively work to accept help when
needed and practice mindfulness daily.
 Life Experiences:
Interests and Hobbies
STEM has become a big part of my I was given the opportunity to
life, manly because of my interest in travel many places in high If I were not pursuing a career in
robotics. The robotics community is school and I soaked up so much education my next choice would be
growing in Las Vegas and in the knowledge of other cultures and film studies. I love movies and I
state of Nevada and I hope to be people. I learned things while think it would be so much fun to be
apart of the growth. I help mentor traveling that I think about every apart of the production crew. I love
local teams and volunteer at day. Traveling has become a getting to see everything that goes
different events throughout the year. large part of my life and I am on behind the scenes. I like
always planning my next trip. I knowing how things work. I would
like to keep one thing from each especially like to be involved in
country I visit that reminds me of making Disney movies. I have a love
the special people I meet. for magic and whimsy and for me
all things Disney foster imagination
and creativity.
Worldview:
Goals
Short Term:
❖ Finish School
❖ Finish 7 new books in 2020
❖ Visit family in other states
❖ Travel to Mexico

Long Term:
❖ New position at work
❖ Pay off all debt
❖ Move out
❖ Travel to Greece
Worldview:
Codes of Conduct
“It’s Not Enough.” is a mantra I Positivity is Powerful. I believe Accountability and Professionalism
adopted to push myself this to be true in every part of life. go hand and hand in my life and play
toward the place I want to go. Having a positive attitude a huge role in advancing my life
It’s Not Enough means to me towards people and situations professionally. To be accountable is
that even when I have given can drastically change the to take responsibility for your actions,
acceptable work I should outcomes of events and good or bad. I must be able to accept
always strive for more. It relationships. Positivity alone can mistakes I make and use them as a
reminds me to not get lazy or not always fix things. However, it guide to making better choices in the
sell myself short, and to gives you an amazing head start future. If I can accomplish this I
expand and enhance my when you greet a person or a believe I will have the character to
explorations. task excitedly with optimism, stand up for what is right and
rather than with indifference and complete tasks in my workplace
negativity. ethically correct.
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Cultural Artifacts:
These images are the things in my life that drive me forward. They show me what I have accomplished, the
people I care most about, and the beliefs that keep me grounded in who I am. I have included pictures of
awards I helped to win and a robot I helped to build. There are pictures of my family and friends. There are
also quotes that resonate with me, keeping me on a positive path.
Thank You!