Writing admission essay – Diversity statement essay response

Candidates may write directly into the essay response box (max 1,000 characters) or note you have uploaded a separate document under the “additional information” tab of the application portal.
The essay prompt is as follows: “Stanford University regards the diversity of its graduate student body as an important factor in serving the educational mission of the university. We encourage you to share unique, personally important, and/or challenging factors in your background, such as work and life experiences, special interests, culture, socioeconomic status, the quality of your early educational environment, gender, sexual orientation, race or ethnicity.”