A LITTLE ABOUT ME
I’ve always had a love for creating. Wether it was, drawing, filming, designing, etc. I fell in love with the process. I always did love drawing, but I knew when applying to colleges, I wanted to do a career program so I had the option to begin working after I finished. Which led me to apply to Dawson for Animation and John Abbott for Graphic & Web Design. I was waitlisted at Dawson but accepted to Abbott, and it was the best thing that could’ve happened to me. The amount of amazing friends I’ve made and things I’ve learned has not only shaped me into the designer I am but the person I am today.
If I had to explain what were my strongest skills as a person, I would say my social skills as well as my persistence. If you asked anybody that knew me to describe Ben in one sentence, they would say “A Social Butterfly”. First said by my teacher Belinda. I love talking to people. Social Interaction is a human need, and I feel like I love to feed it.
As to my persistence, I think I owe that to my parents who had came to this country 25 years ago from the Philippines. My mother worked three jobs, while my father worked two. Laziness was not an option in our family. Especially being the eldest of three boys in a first generation family, I had to set the example. Furthermore I feel that my work habits was heavily influenced by my first year at Abbott. I didn’t have a laptop or computer at home, so I would always stay in the labs after school to finish my work. Which I found a lot of comfort in that solitude. I was a lot more efficient and I didn’t mind staying after hours to work.
