I’m Adeline Ferronato. I was born and raised in Vacaville, CA. With cultural backgrounds in both Hispanic and Filipino cultures. My mother's family migrated from Peru in search of a better life in the Americas. My father's family is from Vallejo and stems from Petaluma. I go to Will C Wood High School, but for my first two years, I went to Vacaville High School. My story is one of resilience, growth, and the process of me discovering who I am through the hardships and the joy that life has to offer. Throughout my life, I have faced challenges that have caused me to grow up faster than most, but those experiences have changed and shaped me into the person I have become. While the journey has not been easy nor a walk in the park, it has been meaningful and has made a significant impact on the way I see the world. I feel like the salutations that I’ve been through have shaped me into someone who values kindness, faith, and perseverance. Dealing with the great divide between two different worlds. The atmosphere at one was financial struggles, where I gained independence and responsibilities. Where the atmosphere at another house was stable and allowed me moments to simply be a child. It wasn't perfect, with problems stemming from the relationship with my father, it was the best because it was stable. This dynamic affected me and the way I learned to live life. By the time I was nine, I knew basic responsibilities like cooking, cleaning and babysitting. This was because of the consistent time spent alone at home. I became someone who learned to live life without the assistance of my parents. I struggle with mental health and physical health. Around the age of 13, my mom left me for good because of problems with commitment and Achcol. This moment in my life was a painful experience. However, I didn’t let this define me. Instead, I found a purpose in things I love, like dance and education. Dance being the sport that I have thrived in my whole life. Dance became my safe space, the place I met friends and created long-term memories. Through dance, I found a way to express myself and my feelings. Dance taught me discipline, resilience, and how to push through the pain even during the injury days. It wasn’t about the performing, competing or winning that meant anything. It was about the community that I created. Academically, my path was not always easy. I struggled in school because of the life around me. But those struggles motivated me to work harder. The one thing that was the best decision I made was to join avid. It was my turning point in my high school career. It gave me the tools to think about college as an option. It gave me a family and a community. Avid became more than just a class; it became a family. It gave me the opportunity to pursue a career in nursing. Even after transferring schools, I found the same family I thought I was leaving at Wood. Above all things, my faith has been my foundation. My relationship with Jesus has guided me through every challenge I have faced. From a young age, the church has become a place of comfort, learning and connection. Most importantly, I am someone who has learned that life is not about the obstacles we face, but about the strength we gain from overcoming them. My story is still being written, and I'm excited for the life that is to come.

As a person who believes in God, I always ask myself, “Does everything happen for a reason?”. You tend to think that people come and go because of a different passage in life they are taking compared to the path you set for yourself. Things happen for a reason because it is a way of God or the universe telling you to change your ways. It is a way that a person grows and develops through there life and it is a way they become the person they are able to be in today's society. In today's world we tend to plan and not go with the flow and the more you plan the less you live. Going with the flow lets your path take its course because you can't control what is going to happen next. I believe that everything happens for a reason because when my mom left me, I thought that it was going to ruin my life, but the truth is it made me a stronger and better person. I got better academically in school by making the honor roll, joining clubs and even programs that will get me into college. I got better mentally because my life was altered to make me a stronger and wiser person as I take this path through life. The more I hurt because of the pain I was going through, the more I fought for what I got and wanted in life. This impacts my educational journey in the future because I know as long as I have Jesus, I can't achieve anything I put my mind to I will carry God with me through hard classes and sports. I will continue to spread the gospel through my peers and family. I will find peace with myself and the life I'm creating. I will continue to go to church and never forget the person who drove me to be the person I am today, the person who taught me the greatest things in life. My lord and savior Jesus Christ. So, you see, everything in life has a reason that it happened whether it be losing a friend, failing a test, joining a sport, and even meeting someone new. The passage of your life has its ups and downs but overall will bring you to an amazing future. So, live your life, go with the flow and remember that “everything happens for a reason”.

When people ask me, " what does your future hold" I would say that a future job as a nurse is that I have dreamed about since I was a little girl and to go to my dream school UNLV. But if you asked me on a deeper level, I would say, I can't exactly say that I know yet. I can tell you that I know when my life will begin, when all the pain in left in the past and get started with a wonderful future. I can tell you about the day that is a little bittersweet and how it came to be. The day my life begins! The day my life begins starts when I walk down that stage on Coach Wright Memorial Field and accept my diploma. The day I walk down the stage; I will choose my place in society and learn how to be an adult one step at a time. The future ahead has its ups and downs, but it's the moment in life when you decide what you want in life. When I think of graduation, I think of the day I'm going to leave everyone that had been a part of my life the last four years and the teachers who have shaped me into the person I am today. Throughout my high school life, I have been through the downs in life, but I have also done and achieved great things. Going through an emotional rollercoaster is a part of growing up and maturing. I have done wrong, I have had an F, I’ve had missing assignments, and I've made mistakes, but the truth is, everyone has their days. It is a part of life to fail, and it is a part of life to live a little. I'll remember all my years in high school and reminisce about what I could’ve done differently, but the truth is, you can’t go back in time. What's done is done, and your only choice is to move on and achieve the things you want to achieve in life. Greatness comes from the hard work and dedication you put in. I'll remember going home with so many missing assignments after a tough three weeks that were filled with stress and lack of sleep. I'll always remember how my parents would yell about my grades when I simply had a bad month or weeks. But I'll also remember how I'll never get my phone taken because they feel bad, or maybe it's because I'm different in a way. The memories of how hard my parents were on me will never go away, sadly, but will instead forever be my inspiration to keep going and prove the people who wronged me that I can do it. But I'll always remember that I'm not perfect and I can't force myself to be because it doesn’t exist. The truth is there's a lot about high school I'll never forget, like the school dances and the lang friend group that never died, instead it kept going. The society of today gives kids anxiety, depression, and overall stress because of the expectations by teachers and parents to be perfect and to never make mistakes. The truth is that most teachers may not believe that they were the source of our stress and nights with a lack of sleep, but also teachers who loved and cared for us deeply. The main truth is that parents were the people who gave us depression and made us believe we were failures because we were living a little in high school,

When I think of compassion, I don't think of a bond with a friend, parent, teacher or anyone that you can visibly see. I think of the one person that has showed me compassion my whole life. Something that stems from religion but what may just be church on a Sunday to you, is everything to me. It has been one of the only true relationships that I've had with someone who doesn't leave me but instead is with me through every passage of life. the reason things happen, the only way I can succeed. My heart, my everything happens for a reason and the only way I choose to live my life. Our lord and savor Jesus Christ. So you may be thinking why I can feel so much compassion from someone that i can't see, but the truth is I can. I see him everyday making the world a better place and through the people I love. Let me share with you my compassion, JESUS and how he has shaped my past but all so my future. Things happen for a reason because it is a way of god or the universe telling you to change your ways. It is a way that a person grows and develops through there life and it is a way they become the person they are able to be in today's society. In today's world we tend to plan and not go with the flow and the more you plan the less you live. Going with the flow lets your path take its course because you can't control what is going to happen next. I believe that everything happens for a reason because when my mom left me, I thought that it was going to ruin my life but the truth is it made me a stronger and better person. I got better academically in school by making the honor roll, joining clubs and even programs that will get me into college. I got better mentally because my life was altered to make me a stronger and wiser person as I take this path through life. The more I hurt because of the pain I was going through, the more I fought for what I got and wanted in life. So you see, everything in life has a reason that it happened whether it be losing a friend, failing a test, joining a sport, and even meeting someone new. The passage of your life has its ups and downs but overall will bring you to an amazing future. So live your life, go with the flow and remember that “everything happens for a reason”.

The day my life begins starts when I walk down that stage on Coach Wright Memorial Field and accept my diploma. The day I walk down the stage; I will choose my place in society and learn how to be an adult one step at a time. The future ahead has its ups and downs, but it's the moment in life when you decide what you want in life. When I think of graduation, I think of the day I'm going to leave everyone that had been a part of my life the last four years and the teachers who have shaped me into the person I am today. Throughout my high school life, I have been through the downs in life, but I have also done and achieved great things. Going through an emotional rollercoaster is a part of growing up and maturing. I have done wrong, I have had an F, I’ve had missing assignments, and I've made mistakes, but the truth is, everyone has their days. It is a part of life to fail, and it is a part of life to live a little. I'll remember all my years in high school and reminisce about what I could’ve done differently, but the truth is, you can’t go back in time. What's done is done, and your only choice is to move on and achieve the things you want to achieve in life. Greatness comes from the hard work and dedication you put in. I'll remember going home with so many missing assignments after a tough three weeks that were filled with stress and lack of sleep. I'll always remember how my parents would yell about my grades when I simply had a bad month or weeks. But I'll also remember how I'll never get my phone taken because they feel bad, or maybe it's because I'm different in a way. The memories of how hard my parents were on me will never go away, sadly, but will instead forever be my inspiration to keep going and prove the people who wronged me that I can do it. But I'll always remember that I'm not perfect and I can't force myself to be because it doesn’t exist. The truth is there's a lot about high school I'll never forget, like the school dances and the lang friend group that never died, instead it kept going. The society of today gives kids anxiety, depression, and overall stress because of the expectations by teachers and parents to be perfect and to never make mistakes. The truth is that most teachers may not believe that they were the source of our stress and nights with a lack of sleep, but also teachers who loved and cared for us deeply. The main truth is that parents were the people who gave us depression and made us believe we were failures because we were living a little in high school, like they didn't do those things either. We are not our parents, nor are our teachers, and generations differ. When I think of graduation, I think of the life ahead, but I will never forget the hard work and dedication it took to get here. The life behind me is just the beginning, and the past behind me is the steppingstones. This is where my life begins, and this is where I take my place in society, not to change the world but to make it better. That is what success means to me, in my font, my character and the version on my story.