MY LIFE MAP The Life and Times of ME Melissa Buot-Favazza NovoEd: Story Telling for Change 09Sept14.
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Transcript of MY LIFE MAP The Life and Times of ME Melissa Buot-Favazza NovoEd: Story Telling for Change 09Sept14.
MY LIFE MAP
The Life and Times of ME
Melissa Buot-FavazzaNovoEd: Story Telling for Change09Sept14
I WAS BORN
DIARY OF A LITTLE KID
Ran around the yard in the rain with just diapers on
Played with the dogs
Climbed trees
Skinned my knees
Our family “car” was a motorcycle
Always wanted to go to school…so Mom cheated and
told them I was 5 years old so I can go to kindergarten.
This was taken in Cebu
City, I think I was around
10 yrs. Old. (that’s me
with the red dress on –
the runt)
Three years later, in 1973,
we left for America. The
whole family took off and
flew to Japan and then
Hawaii…landing in San
Francisco. Stayed with
relatives and then went
to DETROIT.
So Here I am in America. Really???? Wow. Culture shock anyone? But it was cool. We got here in May so I had
some time to explore before school started.Now about school…I was 13 yrs. old so they figured I
belonged in middle school. They looked at my records and said “She’s got high school credits” already, she needs to go across the street to the high school. Well then, there you go!
AND SO HERE WE ARE
Big brother takes off for the
Air Force.
Big Sister later on
graduates from HS and
went to U of M Ann Arbor.
Left me at home with
parents.
Heeee Haaawwwww!
THE COLLEGE YEARS
1976-1982
2 years Nursing – switched to Dietetics
BS in Home Economics/Food Service Management
BS in Business Administration
Minor Psychology and Social Sciences
Minor in Dance
REALLY!
NEVER A STRAIGHT PATH
HI HO H I HO IT ’S OFF TO WORK WE GO
BEEN THERE
DONE THAT…
NEVER ENOUGH $$$$$
WHAT I DID
Food Service Management
Catering/Dietetics/Nutrition
Volunteering
Business Consulting
Training
Caregiving
Tutoring
Mentoring
Non-Profit
Board of Directors
FLASHING THROUGH 17 YEARS
Got married
No kids, just dogs and
cats
Got divorced
Went home to parents
Took care of parents
Both parents passed
within 4 months of each
other in the same year.
MISTAKES
Made too many
Learned them all
Found my passion
Came full circle
Mistakes my own
No one to blame
What I was then
Became who I am.
LESSONS
Yearning for the sweetness of Learning
My mom was a teacher, Dad taught martial arts…So I’ve been in and around education for all of my life. My path was never a straight one…discombobulated, extreme curves and maybe this time circling back to what I really was meant to do. I’ve always wanted to be either a cop or a teacher. Dad didn’t want me to be a cop and my mom discouraged me from teaching. Never knew why she did that but here I am…in some form or another I’ve been doing some kind of teaching. I did training and staff development when I was in management. I taught dance. I taught martial arts and self-defense. I volunteered as a tutor and loved it. I also loved learning. I’m a perpetual student and following my dad’s advise of learn from others and owning it…I’ve been learning through online classes, from my colleagues, from my peers. I read constantly.
I suppose one can guess that I really like teaching and learning. So I can call that my passion. I figured out my purpose through one of many epiphanies…that I am here in this world to teach and make a difference in people’s lives.