My mentor Monico Armenian works for the TSA, Discover, and Child Protective Units at the San Diego City Attorney's Office Criminal Division in downtown San Diego. He has been working their for a couple years and is planning on trying to move up to his dream position which is not yet up for any job openings, but he has a guess that it will open up in a few months. A little about Mr. Armenians past, Born in Saipan and lived their for the majority of his life, in 2010 he migrated from Saipan to the United States in pursuit of the American Dream. Once he settled down the moving process he immediately signed up to serve for his new nation in the United Stated Army, Marine Corps. After boot camp he was deployed in Iraq for about 11 months, after that he was placed in the the army reserves and every week he keeps up with his weekly regimens. After the army he decided to go to college, and from that point he pretty much sealed his life afterwards. Mr. Armenian Was really interested in becoming an accountant, he was really fascinated with how complex and hard being an accountant was as well as his interest in numbers and math. But after the first couple months he immediately decided to change his major to Paralegal studies. Once he finished school for that he found a job and decided to go back and pursue Administrative of justice degree. And after that he is now currently working at the City Attorney's Office.
Through my working experiences and mentor interview with Mr. Armenian he has taught me a lot throughout internship. Mostly focusing on life after high school and college he mainly taught me about following my Moral compass.
Josh: Coming up on our last question, is their any personal quote that you would like to tell me that you really think is meaningful and is something that will stick with me till the end of time?
Monico Armenian: Well, I don't know if these quotes can live up to all those standards but
Josh: “Laughs” Yeah
Monico Armenian: But this one I like to share with anyone who is as determined as you, “ Always have a straight moral compass through life, and if you do that you really can't go wrong.”
At first I didn't really know how to respond so I just kept to the normal “thank you and I hope you have a productive rest of the day.” But after a couple days of thinking about the quote and trying to apply it to my life I finally was able to really understand it. When I grow up I really want to go into Law Enforcement, It’s just something I came up with myself and I’m really into it, and this quote that Mr. Armenian gave me applies to the process of becoming a Law Enforcement Officer.
Monico Armenian: Anyone can become a cop, thousands of people apply for jobs after the academy. But of those people who apply only about 2 percent have a clean background. When stations are hiring they’re really looking for good people.
So throughout the rest of my school career I really have to stick with the morals that my parents have taught me through life, and stick to my gut instinct and try and stay out of illegal things. I never personally wanted to be apart of them to begin with, but with the advice that I got from my mentor and everyone else at my internship I now am trying a lot harder and looking a lot more carefully for anything that might hinder my ability to achieve my dream goal in life.
Through my working experiences and mentor interview with Mr. Armenian he has taught me a lot throughout internship. Mostly focusing on life after high school and college he mainly taught me about following my Moral compass.
Josh: Coming up on our last question, is their any personal quote that you would like to tell me that you really think is meaningful and is something that will stick with me till the end of time?
Monico Armenian: Well, I don't know if these quotes can live up to all those standards but
Josh: “Laughs” Yeah
Monico Armenian: But this one I like to share with anyone who is as determined as you, “ Always have a straight moral compass through life, and if you do that you really can't go wrong.”
At first I didn't really know how to respond so I just kept to the normal “thank you and I hope you have a productive rest of the day.” But after a couple days of thinking about the quote and trying to apply it to my life I finally was able to really understand it. When I grow up I really want to go into Law Enforcement, It’s just something I came up with myself and I’m really into it, and this quote that Mr. Armenian gave me applies to the process of becoming a Law Enforcement Officer.
Monico Armenian: Anyone can become a cop, thousands of people apply for jobs after the academy. But of those people who apply only about 2 percent have a clean background. When stations are hiring they’re really looking for good people.
So throughout the rest of my school career I really have to stick with the morals that my parents have taught me through life, and stick to my gut instinct and try and stay out of illegal things. I never personally wanted to be apart of them to begin with, but with the advice that I got from my mentor and everyone else at my internship I now am trying a lot harder and looking a lot more carefully for anything that might hinder my ability to achieve my dream goal in life.