My goals are to obtain a bachelor's degree in Human Resource Management and use my logic and degree to work in the music industry. Furthermore, I plan to get my studies accomplished as soon as possible so my parents don't have to think twice if whether they can afford their needs and wants. Growing up I saw how my family downgrade financially over the years. I want to repay everyone who did me good in the past and took out money from their own pockets for me. Growing up life felt like it was on the right path until my early teenage years, family problems caused me and my parents to move out of Alaska and move to the Philippines where my parents are originally from. I was only thirteen the day I got on that plane to leave everyone and almost everything behind, and on top of that, I didn't know all of this was happening until my parents had the words to tell me. Many people from my past school and teachers were wondering why I disappeared all of a sudden, I couldn't even answer that myself. I had to learn to let go of my friends, home, family, and the life I adored. I didn't have the words to tell people what I was going through, I mean I don't blame myself, I was only thirteen and living young. But life didn't want me to live my youth like my other friends. Instead, my life problems took me away from everyone I mostly knew and sent me across the world. I had no choice but to adapt to my new life and education(s). Throughout the process, my work ethic wasn't efficient enough for the education I learned in the Philippines at first. I had to learn a new language to communicate with my classmates throughout my 3 years in high school and at the same time learn multiple school curriculums. I wasn't good enough in my first year in the Philippines but all those mistakes were just another opportunity to learn from them. I nearly failed my first year of high school in the Philippines despite how hard I worked and all the after-school tutoring and classes I've taken. My high effort was just not enough to meet school standards at first, but I wasn't there to get the best grades but to get the best progression. And that's what I did and later on, got, I took 40+ classes throughout grades 9-11 which made the work impact big and time-consuming. Later on, I transferred to three different schools during my high school year due to financial problems, (I'm currently studying at my third school right now back in America for my last year.) Difficulties and adapting helped me work hard and dedicate myself to studying for a better version of myself. My errors made me work 3 times tougher than my classmates who were able to do their work at ease, later on, my teachers and I started to see more progress and fewer repeated mistakes. I started to maintain a work ethic that improved my grades and GPA. My time management improved and my understanding of the classes I struggled in started to come all together. I no longer needed to hire tutors and attend after-school classes, nor did I have to risk my sleep studying all night. I was also once the lowest rank in my class but that didn't matter to me, it was the fact that I came a long way and that my imperfections lead me to a major improvement.

I had three dogs but I, unfortunately, left them a few months ago when I left the country (Philippines) due to financial problems. Their names were Mochi, Chloe, and Coco. Mochi is the mother of my other two dogs, Chloe and Coco. Mochi was always a loyal dog that took care of her kids and family. Chloe and Coco on the other hand were the two siblings that would always play around with each other and then end up barking at each other over this one soft toy. I remember the first few weeks they walked last year, I would always be watching them in the middle of my online classes when Mochi was exhausted after breastfeeding them. My dogs grew to be my best friends when I didn't have anyone to talk to when I first moved to the Philippines in 2018. I wasn't able to make that many friends during my years in the Philippines because of the language barrier between me and everyone else. Not only that, I was discriminated against for being considered "white-washed" and uncultured. So I tried learning the language (Filipino) but I was only made fun of whenever I tried speaking Filipino. Thankfully, some people understood my situation and accepted who I was. Besides that, my three dogs were the friends I needed when I didn't have much. They mended my soul whenever I was isolated from the world. I remember the day I met Mochi when I got done after basketball practice, she felt soft and had midnight-blue eyes. I held her those first 10 minutes outside the store when my parents went in to buy some groceries. The employee that was positioned to work outside the entrance adored the first time I was bonding with Mochi. He most likely knew that I just met her, my doggies made memories that I'll continue to recall until I reunite with them one day if possible. I can't imagine any bad days with them in my life, except that one day Mochi ate my science homework. I had to pick up the remaining pieces of soaked paper and bring them to school to show them to my science teacher. My classmates jokingly said that I most likely ate the homework. Meanwhile, I had to tape my homework back together ಥ_ಥ) ... As I look back, I realized that Mochi taped my well-being together more than the number of times she ate my homework. I want to give my flowers and dog treats to Coco and Chloe too for entering my life when I was fighting off mental health problems during school in silence. I left all my friends, family, and only sibling the day I left Alaska to move to the Philippines in 2018. Mochi was that one loyal caring friend, Chloe, and Coco on the other hand were the only younger siblings I had. The day I left them a few months ago felt similar to the day I had to leave my sister and only friends a few years ago. I took one last look at them before I walked out that door, I didn't have the guts to at least hold onto them for a few seconds because I knew it would hurt even more to let go. I don't know if I'll be able to see them again, but until then, just know I'll be waiting to hold onto them because life was happier with them beside me throughout my days. ♥

Many of my past friends noticed that I changed. Some of them were like "Bojo what happened to you bro you changed hella! we want the old Bojo back." They didn't realize that I changed myself for the better good and my future. I could tell some of them couldn't look at me the same ever since I left America in 2018 to move to the Philippines. Moving to multiple schools, meeting new people, and overall changing my lifestyle is what helped me find myself when I couldn't move on the day I had to leave America due to family problems. I was destined to change whether I wanted to or not, although, my personality and I were not ready to move to a new country. American me was ignorant, annoying, mean, energetic, and uneducated. My past friends liked that version of me, and so did I... That was until I left that year and met new people. The people I met and made friends with in the Philippines were kind and friendly. Although I changed countries, my whole personality stayed the same. I thought I didn't have to change because my past friends never told me I had to. But the new people I met didn't hesitate to show and tell me to change. They didn't know I came from a rough past and the reason why I transferred to their schools. I was too irritated at them because I refused to believe that I was egoistic and annoying. At some point my senses came to me and I started to change my personality and ways. In addition, I improved a lot academic wise. I failed many times in school to be averaging all A's. During my high school years I started to be less mean and more kind, less egoistic and more humble. I grew morals through education and prioritized my education for the better good. Later on I was able to get along with my classmates more with less controversy. My character in general was maturing, but the energy and funny personality remained the same. I'd still make jokes during class and I would arrive to school with that positive energy. I learned that I let my past get to me and it was a reason why I was mean and immature back then. Thankfully, I had new friends and a diverse life that helped me leave my ugly past behind. I later on helped young primary students in poverty by supplying them school supplies and I played varsity sports to have fun after school and maintained productivity. Changing my lifestyle and ways helped built an intuition and good outcome to my decisions and life choices.

 I left on the next plane not knowing when I’ll be back again, a new country (Philippines), and life. Transferring to three different high schools with three different curriculums and language use(s) didn’t seem welcoming at all. Explaining to people what it was like going through this was like having to pull out a dictionary, thesaurus, and encyclopedia. Hence, the three schools were all related to education but had many differences from each other from what I’ve experienced. Transferring and adapting were taken up to a whole other level for me.        I took over 40+ classes through grades 9-11 from the schools I’ve attended. At the same time, I was new to the national language, so half the time I couldn’t fully understand my teacher’s words and classes. It was a lot to take in, but it didn’t stop there. I had to repeat the overworked process about three times throughout moving to multiple different schools. My schools didn’t offer any AP or honors classes for me to take, however, my high school life felt like an AP environment. I had to learn a new language to understand my assignments, teachers, and classmates.        Leaving my only friends and family where there was no language barrier took me a while to digest, but time passed on and I improved to change my life and work ethic by moving forward in life. My personality was immature before leaving America in 2018 due to the influences and the state of mind I was in. I had to learn the hard way and change my ways and mindset. I then started to realize that if I continued to stay the same I wouldn’t reach that far in life. Naturally, adaptation and change built a character in me that I never thought I would become. It was also one of the only things I could’ve done if I wanted a good outcome for my new life in general. The diverted life I had and the imperfections in me caused this phenomenal change.         Being in a new different environment, country, culture, and school(s) exposed me to many morals and principles that I learned throughout my whole life. When it came to different schools and communities, I gained a holistic perspective and sense of morals that created a clear intuition. The fast-moving changes from learning multiple school curriculums, communities, cultures, imperfections, and standards also helped shape my mindset and qualities. It was good to know that this die-hard journey turned out with a good outcome. I slowly found my passions and interests in topics related to arts, songwriting, social sciences, and psychology through natural selection and growth. It was easy for me to forget who I was. However, my passions and interests helped me find a genuine path and meaning to who I truly was as a person.        With passions and interests, I did extracurricular activities that caught my eye. I did community service and gave school supplies to primary students in poverty so they can properly be educated. I took acting workshops and filmed for school sports and cinematography. Later on, I independently taught myself how to write music and produce. Accomplishing these activities and personal interests ended up freeing my mind. I’ll be taking my passions, lessons, morals/principles, qualities, adaptation, and imperfections that made the man in the mirror. Being with different people and communities helped me communicate with people from diverse ethnic backgrounds and countries. These experiences assisted me in naturally building an interest in Human Resources. I’ll apply my past, present, and future to bring innovation and intuition to my future and others.

Simba from the Lion King is my favorite Disney character because I can partially see my story realigned with his. Simba lost a loved one at a young age and relatively did I, Simba symbolizes many things. One, in order to be king you need to understand the obstacles and sacrifices you have to take to earn such praise and respect. Secondly, Independence, I was 13 when I had to leave my family and all my friends behind due to financial problems which caused me to move out of my home country. I didn't have any siblings anymore or friends to bond with which taught me to be independent at a young age. Simba reassembles how it feels to lose a loved one and grow from that. I really loved the part in the Lion King movie where it shows a transition of him growing up from a young boy to an adult, it shows how far he came from moving onto a rough past he lived. When Simba quoted "But Going Back Means I'll Have To Face My Past. I've Been Running From It For So Long." those words spoke to me personally. Every time I moved or transferred schools these past years I just felt like my past wanted to stay with me. Of course, as Simba did, he battled off his past and left them behind. Through my actions I was able to move on from the past that keeps trying to come back, I was tired of letting the struggle get to me so I mentally fought them and focused more on what I have now and the future. Simba spoke to me and at the same time made my childhood memories when I had trouble recalling my youth. He represents a childhood character but for me, he symbolizes the icon I needed when my childhood was taken away.

I believe "Count me out" by Kendrick Lamar holds a very important message for me. The beautiful thing about music is that you can picture the song in any way you take it, and this song explains things I can't even put into words. "Count me out" explains personal depression, raw feelings, pressure, morals, etc. Eckhart Tolle himself a prominent German Philospher was credited as a narrator on this song. These lyrics and poetic words spoke to me when I couldn't find someone to talk to. It somewhat felt like a free therapy session coming from an artist that has dealt with many regrets in life. This song helped me get through my darkest times throughout my Junior year when I was suffering from mental health problems that caused me to miss out on weeks of school. anytime I couldn't find myself, this song helped me realize that I wasn't the only one fighting off my problems in silence. The way the song was well said and produced felt like Kendrick Lamar was physically by my side to tell me that imperfection is a captivating thing and that we all grieve differently. It's the fact that this song gives out raw thoughts that people should keep note of, I think these words can reach too many people like how I was touched by the whole song. Out of all the songs I carefully listened to, I believe these lyrics itself talk about many topics that bring nothing but the truth and honesty coming from an artist that utilized his trust and lyrics to a legendary music career.