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Hello everyone, my name is Sonia Jobity, and I am a transfer student from Kingsborough Community College with an A.A.S degree in Early Childhood Education. Now I am here at City Tech after 10 years, majoring in Hospitality Management. Yes, that is a big change in majors you say, you are probably wondering why the change. Well lets just say you cannot get a decent job with an Associates degree, and my last job I wasn’t recognized for my skills and experience.

I have been working almost 8 years in education, either as a Teacher Assistant or a Paraprofessional with children with developmental disabilities. The main reason why I chose this profession as I wanted to be home with my children when school was out. I have a child with high function autism and he was and still is my inspiration for working with children with developmental disabilities. Yes, this is a very rewarding field, but it also takes its toll as why I am here at City-Tech pursuing my Bachelor’s Degree in Hospitality. Before I became a T.A, I was a Call Center Representative for 3 years while pursuing my A.A.S. As you’ve noticed, I’ve waited almost 10 years to pursue my B.A, but I chose to have a family and raise my children.

The reason why I chose Hospitality, because I enjoy talking to people, baking, creating things with my hands, and designing. My mind and my hands take the best of me as I cannot focus on one thing. I recently took a certificate culinary course at Kingsborough and realized that this is something I will love to continue doing. I tried looking for work as a prep cook or anything in this field, but was told I didn’t have enough experience. Only jobs that were recommended were counter jobs and fast food places, jobs I weren’t going to do. With these disappointments I decided that this was going to be one of the first steps that I was going to pursue of my interests/goals.

I bake as a hobby and hopefully after I graduate I can turn my hobby into a business, with event planning on the side. I do not wish to have a storefront as I do not wish to be tied down to one spot. I want my business to move with me. I will also like to work in a hotel, learn the ups and downs of what a hotel offers, and from that experience be able to own and manage my own hotel.

People ask me what are you going to do after you graduate? What kind of job are you going to get with this major? What is Hospitality Management? Sometimes I don’t even have an answer because I don’t always know. What I do know, I am going to graduate.