Scholarship Essay

Dan Fraser


NBCC Foundation

Beaverbrook Building
P. O. Box 6000


Fredericton, NB
E3B 5H1


Canada

September 19, 2011

Dear Sir,

As a mature student I joined the New Brunswick of Craft and Design on September 2011 for the diploma in Integrated Media. While in class it came to my knowledge the opportunity to be an applicant for the scholarship your foundation is offering that I intend to use in improving the programs I’ll be using during the Diploma.

After graduating as a Mechanical Engineer in 1981, I worked four years in the Brazilian Navy as an official, where I worked as a designer for air conditioning, vapour and air pressure plants. From there I went to work at Petrobras SA, a Brazilian governmental petroleum company, where I worked for 23 years. During the first 10 years I worked primarily designing jet refuel trucks, and the last 5 years I worked as a manager on the jet fuel plant at the International Airport of Rio de Janeiro.

In 2000, my husband got a position at University of New Brunswick and as I always thought that family is the most important thing we can get, our family moved to Fredericton. With the move, new opportunities to learn and practice my knowledge arose, I started to take some courses in English, French, Flash animation, computer, to mention a few. After that I started a small company to use my new skills, I worked for some years with flash animation and then focused my business on translation Portuguese/English. As I am very eager to learn I decided to go for a new career, and I saw a excellent opportunity on web design. So in September 2010 I took just one course on Web design at NBCCD that I enjoyed very much. As I had the opportunity to work designing some web pages after the course I decided to join the Diploma and take 2 years to learn all I can get and improve my learning.

I also have been very active in helping my community. I was a soccer coach for kids during 3 summers. I am a volunteer at the Multicultural Association of Fredericton where I am in the Board of Directors, at the YMCA helping design a center for family violence, and I participate at the Family Friend program for single mothers where I am a friend of one.

When I graduate from my Diploma I want to give back to my community what I have learned. Nothing motivates you more than envisioning what the future can lead to you.