Within this class, I am hoping to gain a strong foundation for professional writing. I am majoring in Sustainability and Business, so I am hoping to pursue a career in Sustainability or Environmental Business. Within either of these fields, a large portion of their funding comes from grants or donations. Going into the workforce having prior knowledge on how to write a grant proposal will put me far beyond any other applicants I am competing against for a job. Furthermore, professional writing and collegiate writing have many contrasts, as well as similarities. I am hoping to take my prior writing experience and build upon it through growing my vocabulary, maturing my tone, and narrowing in on the overall practices of proposal writing. Having this skill will greatly add to my professional “toolbox” to help better prepare me for the workforce after college, as well as mature and better my writing skills as a whole.