Tawana Parker
Follow messageEleanor Roosevelt High School Class of 2010
UPPER MARLBORO, MD
I am the youngest in my family. My mother is a single parent and raised three females on her own. I have two older sisters who I love very much. I think God for blessing me with them everyday. I have never been suspended or gotten in trouble in school. I am very serious about my education because I AM going to be successful in life. I am goal oriented and once I have my mind set on something I will not stop until my goals are accomplished. If I get a scholarship I will be real greatful for it and I wil lwork my hardest in school. I am a hard worker and I take my school work real seriously.
Extracurricular
- Poetry
- I wrote a poem about homicide and suicide. I entered it for my school's literacy magazine. I was honored to hear that it was accepted in the magazine
- I volunteered at charmique charm school
- Charmique charm school is a organization to help young kids learn positive ways to handle every day events and focus on their talents.
- I volunteered at Bridging the Gaps Ministries
- Bridging the Gaps Ministries is for teen mothers. They have Thanksgiving Baskets, Toy Drives, Coats Drives and other fundraisers to help young teen moms with taking care of their kids.
- I worked at University of Maryland.
- I worked in the Offic of Multi Ethnic Student Education. I enjoyed working there because I had the opportunity to see how life will be if I lived on campus. My co workers were college students so they gave me awesome tips on how to survive college life. I
- Future Educators of America
- We put on several different events for Teacher
Experience
- Waitress
- Denny's Restaurant
- 2008 to 2008
- I waited on tables and worked on the cashier. I used my people skills. I am a friendly outgoing person , so this job was perfect for me.
- Cashier
- Boston Market
- 2008 to 2008
- I worked everyday during the summer of 08'. My hours was normally 2:00pm to closing. Everytime they needed me come in early or cover someone elses shift, I did
- Office Assistant
- University of Maryland
- 2009 to
- I work at UMD during the summer. It was suppose to be a summer job but I did such a good job that they kept me there during my senior year
Education
- High School
- Eleanor Roosevelt High School
Honors & Awards
98 1167 Longivity Award
Info
Basic
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Last Update:
November 3, 2010
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Birthday:
March 11
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Religious:
African Methodist
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Military:
Air Force
Background
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Ethnicity:
African-American
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Fluent Language:
English
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First Gen Student:
Yes
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Hometown:
UPPER MARLBORO
Interests
- Teaching
- Health & Medicine
- Psychology
Favorites
- Movies:
My favorite movies are Tyler Perry movies. My favorite Tyler Perry movies are "Why Did I Get Married?" and " Daddy's Little Girls"
- TV Shows:
I am a reality show junkie. I love reality show. My favorite reality shows are Real World, College Hill, Judger Mathis, and Real Housewives of Atlanta.
- Music:
I love Gospel and R&B.
- Websites:
My favorite websites is Facebooks.
- Quotes:
My favorite quote is Matt. 5:6
"Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they shall be filled - Books:
My favorite author is Wahida Clark. Basically my favorite books are whatever she wrote.
