Career Roadmap
Syed's work combines: Non-Profit Organizations, Writing, and Upholding a Cause and Belief
See more careers and stories that connect to your interests.
Take Roadmap Quiz
Day In The Life
Skills &
Education
Here's the path I took:
High School
Bachelor's Degree
English Language and Literature, General
Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi
Graduate Degree
Creative Writing
Texas State University-San Marcos
Here's the path I recommend for someone who wants to be an English Language & Literature Teachers, Postsecondary:
Graduate Degree: Social Work
Learn more about different paths to this career
Life & Career Milestones
My path in life took a while to figure out
1.
Dangerously close to being left back in middle school.
2.
Parents sent me to Pakistan as a last resort to save my education.
3.
Switched from pre-med track to English & Creative Writing
4.
Transferred to smaller state school
5.
Volunteered for a local nonprofit and taught free writing workshops
6.
Left teaching to manage nonprofit
Defining Moments
How I responded to discouragement
THE NOISE
Messages from Peers:
"You can't do anything with an English degree."
How I responded:
I pursued a degree that taught me how to understand ideas and communicate. I made it practical for the kind of work that I wanted to do and approached my studies with a concrete idea in mind.
Experiences and challenges that shaped me