Hello, it is a bit tough to write about ones self . Could you start a letter of motivation for a pHD in HIV research? – research is to be done in senegal (africa) my birth country – I currently in new york working for a large biopharmaceutical company as a laboratory manager – my motivations are to go back and improve the health system back home – my mother recently passed due to the countries healthcare shortcomings – I feel like there is more that I could offer by going back rather than working for the big man – it is not about finances but mostly about a dream to help the unfortunate – it is a self funded phD program – I have family and friends to go back to