Share a personal statement focused on what you feel is the most important issue facing communities today. – I will give more info in messages

If you help me win Bank of America (BOFA) Student Leaders Program I will give you a $1000 tip so please make it greatPeople who has experience in banking, finance, accounting, economics, sociology are welcomeHere’s my draft that I personally wrote:

My interest in the Bank of America Student Leaders Program is based on a concept of

equality; that the biggest challenge currently confronting communities is economic inequality,

not the income disparity, but the disequilibrium in access to financial literacy, opportunities,, and

movement. I am already 18 years old, and have witnessed how situations can influence results

more than ability. I have seen good young people push off their aspirations not due to an absence

of ambition, but due to having not been exposed to financial literacy, mentoring, and avenues of

economic empowerment. These experiences influenced my dedication to leadership based on

increasing opportunities for others.

My understanding of this problem was worsened by both personal observations and

academic analysis. Having enrolled in courses of sociology, environmental studies, and

microeconomics as part of the Pre-College Program at Syracuse University, I started to see

inequality not only as a social problem but also as an economic obstacle. I also realized that

markets can provide the reward for productivity, and yet, they do not necessarily provide access-

and that discovery made me rethink the opportunity within my own community.

Now, during my Accounting course, which lasts a whole year, and the course in

Entrepreneurship, I am less focused on understanding inequality and more on how to address it.

Accounting has taught me the importance of financial literacy- how to budget, how to use credit

for my benefit, how to use my money wisely- and entrepreneurship has taught me the way

businesses can create employment, spread wealth in my area, and enable people to create

stability in their lives and those of others.

More importantly, I have understood that there are a lot of young people who are not

exposed to these routes. Entrepreneurship would be unattainable without mentorship or financial

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education. This is the gap that motivates my leadership desires: the ability to empower students

to perceive financial knowledge not as privilege, but as power, a way to invest in their future and

build their communities.

The Bank of America Student Leaders Program is the medium through which this vision

can be put into practice. Its values, such as civic engagement, workforce experience, and

community service, are directly aligned with my vision of the improvement of financial literacy

and youth entrepreneurship efforts. I want to be mentored by successful people in the community

and also be part of initiatives that can help youths like myself have more economic opportunities

in life.

I am 18 years old, and I am still a novice in my leadership career. However, I also

understand that once young people acquire financial literacy and entrepreneurial confidence, they

will start perceiving themselves not as consumers in the economy, but as economic constructors.

Through provision of knowledge, mentorship and opportunity, I would like to contribute to the

establishment of those communities where potential rather than circumstance would be the

measure of success.