1. I deserve this scholarship because I am currently a single parent to exactly 77 and a half piranhas. I need the money to buy them high-quality piranha water and food. 2. I want to be a scorpion wrangler. I hope to assemble an army of scorpions, in which we will go around a tow peoples cars. 3. One time I overcame an obstacle is when I went to steal a diamond from the Royal family. It was incredibly hard, and I had to create a plan in which I can get the diamond and leave (as well as avoid jail time).

Imagine, one day you come home and one of your parents isn't there anymore. That would be shocking, wouldn't it? Well, that happened to me. I am a child of an immigrant. My dad’s side of the family comes from Veracruz, Mexico. At a young age, my dad was taken away from me. I do not know the situation, but one day his neighbors decided to call deportation on him and his brother. He was here to earn money for his family back home. He did everything right, he followed the laws, was respectful and hardworking. He was like everyone else, except, he was undocumented. This happens to many children in the U.S. Their parents come here to earn money for their families, coming from countries where the minimum wage can be as low as $1 U.S. Dollar an hour. Others come here when it may be too dangerous to even go outside in their home countries. That experience, and through learning other's experiences, is what brought me to where I am today. I am big on advocating for immigrants, and I always knew I wanted a job where I could be helping them. That is why I am currently getting a major in Global and International Studies with minors in Legal Studies and Latino Studies. I eventually want to go to law school to end up pursuing a career in Human Rights and Immigration Law. I want to make a change, making sure no other child has to go through what I went through.

Despite being the land of the free, the U.S. has many ways in which it has been unfair for many groups of people. These things range from the immigration crisis to the mistreatment of black lives by police enforcement and the racism that Asians face. These things have been going on for years, and they were usually swept under the rug. However, within the past couple of years, these things have been addressed more. This can be seen from the movements Hear Hispanic Voices, Black Lives Matter, and Stop Asian Hate. This brings me to why I have more hope for the future. This new generation of people is not afraid to speak out against a system that is not fair. And this is not just in the United States. Stuff like this can be seen all over the world. So that's why I know the future will be better.

Imagine having 5 million of something. 5 million papers, 5 million bricks, 5 million dollars? Anyone would say that is a lot. Now think about this. There are currently more than 5 million children in the U.S. alone who have had a parent who has been incarcerated at one point in their lives. I am one of those people. My stepdad (however, I call him my dad) has raised me and has done everything he can for my sister, mom, and me. He has been there for as long as I can remember, until one day. It was my seventh birthday, I was at my grandparent's house while my mom and dad went to Wal-Mart to pick up my cake. As they were leaving, they were stopped by the police, and my dad was arrested. My mom had no idea what was going on, yet she came back to my grandparent's and had to act like everything was okay. She eventually told me a month later by showing me the newspaper with his mugshot in it. It was a lot for me to take in and try to understand at such a young age. My mom had to take care of us by herself, and she had to work a lot in order to support us three. It was a lot on her, so there were times in which she couldn't be there for birthdays or to a school event because she couldn't afford to take off work. He was gone for 5 years. For me and my sister, we grew up a lot in that time. I was almost a teenager and she was turning 9. I say not having a father figure during that time definitely affected me. I had to grow up a lot, and I lost out on a lot of opportunities because we didn't have the time to do them. No child deserves that kind of loss in their lives.