User:Alec.cortez

About me
I am Alec. I was born in 1978. I have lived in Canberra my whole life. I am learning how to use wiki.

Study

 * I am currently a third-year undergraduate psychology student at the University of Canberra


 * My weighted grade average over hundreds of pieces of work is 81% and my GPA is 6.3 out of a possible 7, which means I have a mix of distinction and high distinction grades.  In 2018, I also achieved a letter from the Dean for averaging a GPA of over 6.5, meaning all of my results for that year were average high distinction.  I expect to graduate at the end of 2024, having commenced in 2017.


 * My unit in semester two, 2022 was motivation and emotion, and semester one 2023 is psychopathology.
 * After my undergrad I am considering a second undergrad degree in nursing or masters in either psychology or nursing.

Career

 * I undertook leave from a busy team leadership career specialising in military retirement benefits of seventeen years in 2016 not knowing exactly what my future held, by 2018 I was established at university doing my part time psychology degree and instead of returning to the Commonwealth I was offered the opportunity for a pension and payout and I took it. Prior to my career path I worked full time in hospitality for three years after finishing year twelve.
 * Since taking leave from the workforce, I have also become an ACT and NSW volunteer for the disaster recovery centres set up for events such as bushfires.  I have completed the relevant training and really enjoy the group ‘mock centre’ services training days to maintain my certification that occur from time to time. Although I have not been activated during an actual disaster, I have been put on ‘stand by’ several times during the 2019 bush fires and hold the potential to assist in this capacity in the future with much personal pride. I was certified in psychological first aid and trauma informed care in 2022.
 * In 2022 I completed a four month internship at the Centre for Positive Behaviour Support, an organisation focused on providing applied behaviour therapy to the disability sector.
 * I anticipate continuing my psychology study and broadening my volunteering into additional meaningful work, having a particular interest in disability and dementia services. My other main focus that structures everything else is my health, which is challenging at times.

Hobbies/past times
Travel, Netflix, walking, mobile and x-box games

Book chapter I am working on
Hypomania and emotion (Motivation and emotion, 2022)

Social contributions

 * 1) Overview section: added a question mark (hypomania, book chapter 2020) - edited 26 August 2022
 * 2) Overview section: added capital letter (hypomania, book chapter 2020) - edited 26 August 2022
 * 3) Added suggested book reference (Self-efficacy and achievement, book chapter 2022) - edited 14 October 2022
 * 4) Added suggested book reference (Core emotions, book chapter 2022) - edited 14 October 2022
 * 5) Pelican on waterway (wiki commons photo contribution) - added 14 October 2022
 * 6) Ancient greek pillar1 (wiki commons photo contribution) - added 14 October 2022
 * 7) Ancient greek pillar2 (wiki commons photo contribution) - added 14 October 2022
 * 8) Bush fire sunset (wiki commons photo contribution) - added 14 October 2022
 * 9) Angkor Wat temple surrounds (wiki commons photo contribution) - added 14 October 2022
 * 10) Lake and architecture (wiki commons photo contribution) - added 14 October 2022
 * 11) Covid result positive Rapid Antigen Test (wiki commons photo contribution) - added 15 October 2022
 * 12) Hand eczema and psoriasis (wiki commons photo contribution) - added 15 October 2022
 * 13) Dogs in car (wiki commons photo contribution) - added 15 October 2022
 * 14) The Hiroshima Peace Memorial (Genbaku Dome) (wiki commons photo contribution) - added 15 October 2022
 * 15) Bare feet of the photographer in Christchurch before Quake (wiki commons photo contribution) - added 15 October 2022
 * 16) My black Porsche cayman 2012 (wiki commons photo contribution) - added 15 October 2022
 * 17) Mt peak photographed from Shinkansen (wiki commons photo contribution) - added 15 October 2022
 * 18) Asian monkey walking near crocodile river (wiki commons photo contribution) - added 15 October 2022
 * 19) Merimbula Australian south-coast beach (wiki commons photo contribution) - added 15 October 2022
 * 20) Miniature hybrid roses - yellow and pink (wiki commons photo contribution) - added 15 October 2022
 * 21) Australian towns - Harden (wiki commons photo contribution) - added 15 October 2022
 * 22) Conclusion section: hints and tips on improvements (hypomania, book chapter 2020) - edited 15 October 2022
 * 23) Jaz the cat (hypomania, book chapter 2020) - edited 15 October 2022
 * 24) Yasi the cat (hypomania, book chapter 2020) - edited 15 October 2022
 * 25) Minor edit in-text citation (Financial investing, motivation, and emotion, book chapter 2022) - edited 16 October 2022
 * 26) Suggestion to improve in-text citation readability (Reward system, motivation, and emotion, book chapter 2022) - edited 16 October 2022
 * 27) Suggestion to apply APA lower case after colon (Reward system, motivation, and emotion, book chapter 2022) - edited 16 October 2022 - IGNORE THIS SUGGESTION, THE CAPITAL D IS SYSTEM GENERATED.
 * 28) Suggestion to cite figures in the text (Reward system, motivation, and emotion, book chapter 2022) - edited 16 October 2022
 * 29) Large number of minor edits to in text citations, mainly adding commas (Hostage negotiation, motivation, and emotion, book chapter 2022) - edited 16 October 2022
 * 30) Minor edit to fix 'and' to '&' for an in-text citation in parentheses (Climate change helplessness, book chapter 2022)
 * 31) Christchurch city before earthquake 1 (wiki commons photo contribution) - added 16 October 2022
 * 32) Christchurch city before earthquake 2 (wiki commons photo contribution) - added 16 October 2022
 * 33) Christchurch city before earthquake 3 (wiki commons photo contribution) - added 16 October 2022
 * 34) Christchurch city before earthquake 4 (wiki commons photo contribution) - added 16 October 2022
 * 35) Christchurch city before earthquake 5 (wiki commons photo contribution) - added 16 October 2022
 * 36) Christchurch city before earthquake 6 (wiki commons photo contribution) - added 16 October 2022