Write Your Personal Statement, Find Your Soundbite

For the next 2 minutes, write your answer to finish this sentence:

I come from _____.

Don’t worry about grammar, spelling, or punctuation. Just write.

Go!

I completed this exercise during a workshop for college counselors in San Diego last month.

Here’s what I wrote:

I come from: Swedish cinnamon rolls and homemade donuts; Colorado’s San Juan Mountains; a pa…