Yes another Diversity question

[Smorrell21]

Struggling to pre-write my diversity statement and wondering what your all thinks about my options at this point:

1) Adopted from Russia and had a speech impairment. I was going to try to relate this to how being able to overcome it showed me the power of education I didn't get in Russia and then relate it to how it's led to me to develop a STEM program at my school for middle schoolers and/or a student teacher in an underprivileged elementary school
2) Completing daily Sudoku puzzles, but I'm not sure how I can say that contributes to my diversity (I don't know I always see things about unique talents and the physician I work with is always amazed when he gives me a puzzle to do)
3) Using my hobby playing basketball/athletic and interest in developmental disorders to help organize Special Olympics events at my school

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[Bubblepop]

Purely judging by how much you wrote for each topic, it seems #1 is the topic you can develop most confidently compelling narrative. In terms of the best fit, #1 still feels like the most interesting and unique topic as your diversity statement.

 

[mdphdNYC]

(1) is far and away the best choice. The point of this essay is to highlight something unique in your background (which may be a special struggle, or a unique origin story) which will lend you a unique perspective in medicine, which being adopted and struggling with a speech impairment does. You could tie this into (3), for instance drawing on your own experience with disability to help others, which gives you an easy segue into medicine. I can't see how (2) is relevant at all to this essay

 

[Goro]

Struggling to pre-write my diversity statement and wondering what your all thinks about my options at this point:

1) Adopted from Russia and had a speech impairment. I was going to try to relate this to how being able to overcome it showed me the power of education I didn't get in Russia and then relate it to how it's led to me to develop a STEM program at my school for middle schoolers and/or a student teacher in an underprivileged elementary school
2) Completing daily Sudoku puzzles, but I'm not sure how I can say that contributes to my diversity (I don't know I always see things about unique talents and the physician I work with is always amazed when he gives me a puzzle to do)
3) Using my hobby playing basketball/athletic and interest in developmental disorders to help organize Special Olympics events at my school

#1.