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Portraits of Diversity [Image 3 of 13]

CAPE MAY, NJ, UNITED STATES

03.04.2016

Photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class David Micallef

U.S. Coast Guard District 5

1. What is your name and what do you do in the Coast Guard?
"I'm Sean-Paul Cavalier and I'm a boatswain mate at Station Cape May. I’ve been a BM for about a year now."

2. Describe diversity in a word or two and explain what it means to you.
"I chose “Range & Assortment” for my two words. I said range because in the Coast Guard I have shipmates from all around the world, many miles away from their homes. I said assortment because we have many nationalities and religions in the Coast Guard. If you met a new shipmate today, that person would be different from the one you met yesterday."

3. How has your experience and background prepared you to be effective at
your job?
"I grew up in Los Angeles, California and had the opportunity to attend YMCA Big Bear Camp for four years during the summer and winter. I was able to meet and interact with different races and cultures going to that camp at a young age so the world wasn't just black and white for me. Getting older I got accepted to a charter high school in Malibu California which allowed me to further my experience with diversity as a teenager that I would not experience growing up in South Los Angeles. I loved every moment of it."

4. Tell me a little bit about your life outside of work.
"Outside of work I don't do much. I still live on base in the barracks, so I don't go many places."

U.S. Coast Guard photo by Auxiliarist David Lau