Personal Statement

 

Hello, my name is Sean O’Shea.  I      am a graduate of San Francisco State University’s Public Administration Master’s program, with an emphasis on Urban Administration.  Currently, I am a Management Analyst with the City of Fremont.  At Fremont, I am fortunate in that I get to work on a wide variety of projects, including shepherding the city’s capital budget process, managing grant funds on public works projects, writing contracts, developing department budgets and editing department web pages.   I have a love for public service and am very happy to have found a vocation in city government. 

My government career began working for the City Council in Oakland, California, as the community outreach/constituent affairs assistant to a city councilmember.  I actually “left school early for the pro’s” for this job, as it started as a summer internship between my junior and senior years at UCLA, which turned full-time when a job in the council district office became available.  After a year and a half of working with constituents, developers, business owners and council members, I returned to UCLA to finish my undergraduate degree in political science.   For my last credits at UCLA, I interned at the National League of Cities in Washington, D.C., eventually become a full-time policy/legislative analyst.  After a year in D.C., I returned back home to the Bay Area to start my Master’s Degree. 

SFSU was a four year odyssey, as I worked full-time during the course of most of the program.  I would like to thank all of my instructors for their part in helping me earn this degree, and for teaching my skills that I can apply towards my career in Public Administration.

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