I am a 18 year old first generation female student in a family of 6. My older brother is going to college as well, and having the opportuitiy to receive this schoalrship would really allow me to further my edcuation because financially living with 6 while having 2 children in college is a struggle. I would use the money to be able to fully pay of my first year of college. I want to become a dental hygenist. However, I am going to start off by getting my dental assisting certificaition, that way, as I am studying to become a dental hygenist, I can be working as a dental assistant to gain money to pay off for my dental hygeine studies, as well as to gain experience in the work enviornment. I am determined to reach my goal on way or another. However, receiving this scholarhsip woudl grealy facilitate being able to reach it. In my family, it feels like I have a certain pressure to be this academic role model for everyone, including my older brother. My parents have always been very used to me pushing myself further instead of themselves having to push me. I want to make sure I am able to fulfill this dream that I have worked hard for. I decided I wanted to be a dental hygenist whenever I was in middle school. Ever since, I decided to do everything I can in order to get a head start. This includes taking medical classes in high school, taking up to 6 ap classes over the course of 3 years, and making sure I am involved in extracurriculars such as band and community service. Some of the clubs I was part of in high school were National Honors Society, HOSA, and Spanish Honors Soceity. I had 45 community service hours that included volentearing to help teach middle school students how to play their clarinet. In my free time, I sell handmade crochet items to make money in order to pay costs such as the wifi bill, food, rent, ect. for my household. Not being able to pay for my schooling has been something that has been keeping me up at night. There is nothing more I want than to be able to go to college and be able to become a dental hygenist. However, sometimes the worry of not having the money to pay for school has made me want to feel like I am being held back. I feel the worry that I am only adding stress onto my parents because they have already done so much for me and my siblings, so adding onto their costs to pay for my school makes me feel like I am only adding onto the ongoing issue of money. Therefore, having the money to pay for school would be a blessing because I woudl be able to fully focus on school, and no longer have to worry about making time to work to pay for school, or the feeling of being a burden because my parents have to find thier way to pay for my schooling and education.