Student essay written in en (native language: French, CEFR level: C1, field of study: Information Communication)

Since I've been in high school, I've always been involved in humanitarian action. I've since that time decided that in the future I had the will to pursue that interest as a professional activity, that I wanted to make myself useful in that kind of organizations. At first, I thought I wanted to work as some type of manager, I could only see myself being useful by leading team, by implementing projects. After all, I'm not a doctor, thus I can't help people by curing their health problems ; I'm not a builder, thus I can't help people retrieve their lives by building them homes to live in ; I'm not a politician, thus I can't help people improve their lives by creating laws to accompany or protect them. I then thought that I was going to manage projects, to organize missions and actions to help, that I was gonna have an impact by creating a link between all of those jobs I couldn't see myself doing.
However, after 4 years of studies in the Political Institute of Rennes I realized I hated management. It didn't appeal to me like I thought it would, I wasn't going to be happy working in that field for my entire life. I was much more interested by sociology and any type of social science that helped me understand how humans interacted with each other, that I could put to use in my interactions on the field of humanitarian help everyday. That realization put everything in perspective for me, I had no plan for my future job ; what I had however was that same will to help. Indeed, in every aspect of my personal life, I continued to take part in humanitarian action but started to think that it will have to only stay an after-work activity and that I couldn't make it my professional activity.
On the side, I've always loved to be creative, to draw, sing and in general to always give my hands something to do. When I entered the Political Institute of Rennes, I've put that creative streak to use by creating posters, social media posts etc for many student organizations in my school : one fighting for feminism, one for LGBTQIA+ rights, one organizing solidarity actions...ect
This made me realize that communication had a huge role to play in making sure an organization could keep existing, that without making sure people heard about what an NGO did, for example, it couldn't raise the funds necessary to make its ideas reality.
So why not put that creative side I had to good use and include it into what I did everyday ? That's how I decided to pursue communication studies, with the goal of using all the skills I'll learn to profit and help through NGOs and their work.