Since I was a little girl, my father has always been an inspiration to me. He never made me feel like there was something I couldn’t do. He was my biggest supporter and my superhero, and I always felt safe knowing I had my dad with me. However, it wasn’t just me who felt this way. My dad has impacted the lives of so many people. Being in law enforcement is never an easy job. It’s filled with difficult decisions, long hard hours, as well as being placed in dangerous situations. My dad understands the grueling demands of his job, and yet I have never heard him complain. My dad has helped build a sense of trust and safety within our community by helping enforce laws meant to protect us. He cooperates with other agencies in the valley by building positive relationships between them and uses that to more effectively guarantee us a safer community. My dad has spent countless hours giving back to our community and attending various events for different causes. One particular instance is when he helped collect Christmas gifts to give to children in headstart programs. He has always given my brothers and me everything we could ever need, and he wants to make sure that can do the same for other children not as fortunate as us. He strongly believes that those in need deserve compassion and humane treatment. Not only has my dad helped the community, but he’s helped guide the people who will soon be leading his organization. Since he is in a leadership position in his workplace, he mentors those who may be in the same position one day. He teaches them how to lead, how to have better decision-making skills, and most importantly, how to do their job effectively. My dad is extremely dedicated to the work he does, and when he retires he wants to ensure that the same work is done properly. This scholarship will help me in pursuing my higher education because since I want to pursue medical school, everything starts to get more expensive. The textbooks, the homework access codes, the food, etc. Especially in the state that our economy is in right now, I’m not in a great position to be spending so much money on things I need for school. I commute between my house and my campus dorm every weekend, which also costs a lot of money since the prices of gas haven't gone under three dollars in quite a while. This scholarship would help relieve the great financial burden of having to spend 8 years or more in school. Thank you so much for your time and consideration.