Examples Of Narrative Storytelling
Portfolio Narrative
Storytelling is a skill I have developed throughout the last several years, calling on my individually cultivated passions for social issues, specifically international development and the environment, as well as writing to form the foundation for my narrative style.
My first real writing project came during my freshman college year, completing “The Ignored Struggle: Hispanic Youth Gang Integration”. The semester-long research paper concluded acculturation and cultural marginalization play a central role in young Hispanics’ decision to join street gangs. It also introduced me to the world of academic research and, while not the best piece I’ve written, became the most influential in the trajectory of my work.
I also focused my attention on international issues and wrote essays basing their premise on arguments from some of the most renowned writers in political science. My sophomore year work, “The New Harmony of Interests: Regionalism in International Politics”, examined E.H. Carr’s seminal theory of international relations and applied it to modern regionalism while focusing on international institutions and nation-state behaviors around the 21st century globe.
Humanitarian issues drew my eye toward in my final school year, and thus I wrote “Victims of Humanitarianism: Identity in the Politics of Humanitarian Aid”. This …show more content…
Calling on my identity as a Venezuelan immigrant, I tied my history to the conversation on immigration in “An Open Letter from an Immigrant” and later to the crisis in Venezuela with “The Pain of Watching Your Country Fall Apart.” In “What It’s Like to Volunteer for the Israeli Army,” I recounted a five-day volunteer experience with the IDF in Northern Israel and examined regional and religious issues from an explorer’s impartial point of
Storytelling is a skill I have developed throughout the last several years, calling on my individually cultivated passions for social issues, specifically international development and the environment, as well as writing to form the foundation for my narrative style.
My first real writing project came during my freshman college year, completing “The Ignored Struggle: Hispanic Youth Gang Integration”. The semester-long research paper concluded acculturation and cultural marginalization play a central role in young Hispanics’ decision to join street gangs. It also introduced me to the world of academic research and, while not the best piece I’ve written, became the most influential in the trajectory of my work.
I also focused my attention on international issues and wrote essays basing their premise on arguments from some of the most renowned writers in political science. My sophomore year work, “The New Harmony of Interests: Regionalism in International Politics”, examined E.H. Carr’s seminal theory of international relations and applied it to modern regionalism while focusing on international institutions and nation-state behaviors around the 21st century globe.
Humanitarian issues drew my eye toward in my final school year, and thus I wrote “Victims of Humanitarianism: Identity in the Politics of Humanitarian Aid”. This …show more content…
Calling on my identity as a Venezuelan immigrant, I tied my history to the conversation on immigration in “An Open Letter from an Immigrant” and later to the crisis in Venezuela with “The Pain of Watching Your Country Fall Apart.” In “What It’s Like to Volunteer for the Israeli Army,” I recounted a five-day volunteer experience with the IDF in Northern Israel and examined regional and religious issues from an explorer’s impartial point of