Every summer my family and I would take trips up to Pine Flat Dam to cool off from the intense heat of the Central Valley. Passing through all of the fields, we'd see the many farm animals living on their privately owned homesteads. This always prompted me to imagine my future on a homestead caring for all of my livestock. This desire ultimately led me to pursue a career in agricultural animal science. I have applied to Reedley College and registered for my classes with a student plan to graduate with my associates degree in 2028. After finishing my time at Reedley, I will transfer to Fresno State and continue my agricultural animal science education through their program to obtain my bachelors degree. I will volunteer at the Central California Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals during my downtime and build my work experience through various other small local organizations. With my bachelors degree in agricultural animal science, I aspire to be a veterinary technician. I believe it is never too late to achieve your dreams. I am a graduating senior from Hallmark Academy in Sanger, California. My school is very small, with a graduating class of around 30 students. My peers and I often hear stories of the Sanger High students excelling with their pathways, various different clubs, and mainly their dual enrollment courses. Their success stories such as getting internships and job offers straight out of high school fuel our motivation to work harder. Hallmark has only recently begun offering dual enrollment, and has been trying to create more clubs. My small school only put me at a slight disadvantage. My need to succeed as much as the public school kids given all of those opportunities, such as those I listed, only grows stronger by the day. I fully believe that I, a home schooled student, is fully capable of achieving my goals of going to college and transferring to a university to find a career in agricultural animal science. My initial interest in the subject inspires my will to further my knowledge on the topic and this scholarship will help fund my future in the agricultural field. The well-being of livestock is something I am intensely passionate about. I believe if a Hallmark Academy student were to win this scholarship it'd inspire many younger home schooled students to look into and also pursue jobs in agriculture.