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"My proudest moment is when I took a year off school and moved to Paris on my own!My first few years of college were a struggle. I didn't know what I wanted to study, how best to focus my time, or how to balance life as a working student. All my friends were graduating and had plans for life after c …

"My proudest moment is saving my own life from becoming quadriplegic, in spite of multiple doctors telling me they could not find anything wrong with me.I have lived with chronic, debilitating neck and back pain for seven years. Before my third spinal fusion surgery in May 2019, I had already been p …

"My proudest moment is when I chose life over taking my own.It was Christmas morning, I was 13 years old and a freshman in high school, when an older cousin raped me. I was visiting my mother, who was staying with that cousin at the time. Estranged from her at birth due to her drug use, these rare v …

"As the years go by, my proudest moment changes. Which is a wonderful thing to be able to say really. That means there is constant growth happening, and to me, that's pretty important. Being a parent means we witness growth happen on the regular. Things change as the times go on and the one thing th …

"My proudest moment is when I packed up my life and moved 2,000 miles from Massachusetts to Utah to attend the University of Utah.I told everyone I was going to Utah because I wanted to ski while going to school and I wanted a new adventure. That was mostly true, but the main reason was that I had a …

"My proudest moment is getting into the design program at the University of Utah.I’m so lucky to say that I’ve done a lot in my life that I am proud of, but I’d have to say the most recent and most rewarding was getting into the design program, summer 2019. I was nearly two years into my biology deg …

"My proudest moment is simply when I show up.You see, I have severe anxiety. Recently, my therapist told me that I'm a ball of anxiety and hope. I worry all the time about all the things. All the different scenarios. I worry about things that people don't even think about. I think about all of the " …

"My proudest moment is when I realized how great the life I created is!!My childhood was pleasant enough. I grew up in a nice house with fun siblings and parents that made sure we never starved. I had friends and did well in school. That said, it was emotionally barren and I never got along with my …

"My proudest moment is conquering the feeling of rejection and realizing I am so much more than what a piece of paper tells me.I graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Education with an endorsement in Communication Disorders from the University of Nebraska at Omaha in May 2016. In that final semest …

"My proudest moment is when I overcame my physical limitations of Rheumatoid Arthritis and was able to summit a mountain with my two closest girlfriends.I was diagnosed with Rheumatoid Arthritis when I was 23 years old. I was young and trying to find my way in the world. Rheumatoid arthritis affects …