Hi, My name is Katressia Brathwaite. I am a prestigious 19 year old freshman studying at the amazing John Jay College of Criminal Justice. I am currently majoring in Criminal Justice, but hopes to minor or possibly double major in Sociology as I would like to understand the human mind. Ever since I was a little girl, I was always fascinated by detective and police shows such as criminal minds, law & order, NCIS and my all time favorite CSI: New York. The work they did was simply amazing in my eyes. I wanted to be just like them. Every since, I wanted to be a detective and dreamt of working for the FBI agency one day. 

I was born here in the U.S but one would not think that once I begin to speak. I was raised in Barbados by my grandmother Cynthia, from the age of two, so now I have a Bajan accent. Often times, I am asked consecutively to speak just for an individual to hear my accent. Many of which thinks it is adorable, funny and unique. I never generally felt the same all of the time, having people mimic me as I speak, but going through 4 years of High School with these incidents, I got accustom to it.

I have been asked numerous times by different people, "Who are you, What makes you unique?". I am a very intellectual, dedicated, committed and ambitious individual, with high hopes of becoming successful in life. Though I may appear to be a tough and bold person I’m really not. Despite my exterior, I’m a really shy, vulnerable person. I’m like a delicate flower. I’ve been through hell and back but I’ve always managed to keep a smile on my face. Oh that’s another thing. I love to smile. I’m always smiling or laughing. I hate being mad or sad so I always try to hide the pain away with a good laugh. I best express myself through writing rather than speaking out loud. 

Though I may have many objectives for the near future, my present goals are focused merely on my academics. For the rest of my years at John Jay, I want to be able to see the growth, maturity, and intelligence in myself fully develop as time progresses. I want to see a change. I want to be able to prove to those that doubted me that I will continue to strive for excellence and that I can do anything I solely put my mind to. I want to make a difference. Setting goals is simple, being so, in order for me to fulfill and carry out my wish and hopes to make all these goals accessible, I’m going to have to lay out the stepping stones. Through my keenness, hard work, dedication, intelligence and direly motivation to be successful in life, my goals will become attainable.