One experience that shaped my character as a person was my part-time job in high school. I worked as tour guide in San Francisco’s Chinatown. Being a tour guide pushes a person to be open minded and curious about other people. I remember having a tour group from New York City, and we had a great conversation when we were comparing our respective Chinatowns. The conversation had me continuously think of questions and reply to their question with an answer to the best of my ability. From that what I learn from them, I implemented it into my own knowledge and tour. I believe my experience might shape my participation in the program, because bringing my tour guide mindset to talking faculty guest, I will be listening to faculty as attentively
