Since I was a kid I knew that my dream was to work in the tech industry. I come from a low income immigrant household but that didn't stop me keeping up with the latest releases more specifically smartphones. I remember being so fascinated with the release of the Samsung Galaxy S8 even though I couldn't afford it. During my middle school and high school years, they always made us present about our dream career, mine was to be a software engineer. I took mostly all available computer science courses in my school but I still didn't know where to begin to chase my dream of becoming a software engineer. I knew what that I wanted to become a software engineer but I never knew if I had what it takes to become one. Recently I had the worst time period of my life but my dream of becoming a software engineer was what kept me going during those dark times in which I had felt so hopeless. I wanted to give back to my parents who worked minimum wage jobs to help support my brother and I. I know there was no guarantee of me obtaining a job in the industry but I still decided to pursue my dreams. My dream job is to become a software engineer if it wasn't obvious enough. My two goals are to become a great software engineer and help others live life not just survive it. There's probably other great candidates out there but I believe I'm the best candidate due to my ambition,drive, and resilience. The odds have always been against me due to me being a minority and low income, not an ideal combination. During the worst time period of my life I managed to create two full stack apps and while now looking back they might not perfect and can be improved in plenty of ways, it goes to show much I really want this career path.

Since I was kid, I aspired to worked in the tech industry. I come from low income Mexican immigrant household and while I never really had the money to buy many of the devices that fascinated me, I always kept up with the latest releases. My heart really has always been in the tech industry. Recently, I had an event that really changed my family and I. My mother was detained by ICE while working in order to support my brother and I. When that occurred I had never so hopeless and stressed. I was striving for a dream of becoming a software engineer which isn't necessarily easy, had to step up for my family in a significant way since I didn't know what was going to occur with my mother's situation, and keep up the good grades in school. To add onto that , I was struggling to find a job during that time period. I felt I couldn't keep on going but I had a dream and my family really needed me. That kept me going even though that whole situation was taking a toll on my mental health. It was until recently that I finally recovered from the trauma I felt. Every bad news I found out about my mother's situation kept bringing me down. I really would not recommend that experience to anyone. During that time period I starting keeping up with the news since it was basically a necessity to know how my family could be affected. It broke my heart seeing millions of other families going through the same situation as me but didn't run with the same luck. Seeing others experience the same pain I felt was unsupportable, it made me sick to my stomach. In one of the courses I was taking during that time period we had a discussion about what living life was all about. I answered the professor life is about surviving, he laughed at me. He explained to me that is not really living life since you are not experience many of the beautiful things life had to offer. That idea really stuck with me. After all I have experienced and witnessed, I decided what I want to dedicated part of life to is helping others live life not just survive it. While my vision on how I want to help isn't quite clear just yet, I wanted to started financially if I ever got my dream job. I know I can do more since I have gained new skills. I created apps while they might not be perfect, it helped me improved my critical thinking and I've also built quite some resilience since I created them during the worst time period of my life. While I might not be sure what is going to occur in my life,I know one thing for sure is that I want to help others live life.