I am passionate about who I am and my plans to succeed in life. There are stereotypes already set against me in life. As an Afro-Latina and African-American, I am looked at as a "Gang Member", "Drug Lord", "Ghetto", "Ignorant", and so many inaccurate things. In my years of High School, I was that kid that wanted to learn and now I am that person that wants to break generational curses that are in my bloodline. I plan to be everything they wouldn't expect me to be. I will start doing that by becoming an RN. There are many minorities that have a slim chance to survive in the Hospital due to the fact that they are a person of color. I want to be a Registered Nurse simply because I would be able to have a chance to save someone's life. People that are in Hospital matter, that is someone else's family member. Most importantly, I'd like to walk in this field because my Mother was one of those victims. I have felt as if they have failed her because they thought that she was stable enough to be alone. I made a promise to myself and my Mother that I would do a better job for others than what they did for her. One major thing I have accomplished in life despite the odds against me, was my academic skills. I was born in Trenton, New Jersey. I later moved with my Grandmother to live in Camden, New Jersey. At the time it was one of the dangerous cities in the North. The Teachers there didn't necessarily care for our futures. Whenever I had asked to get extra help, I was always denied. I began failing and barely passing many classes. In 2016, I had made a decision to leave all of my family members to reside in South Carolina. Enrolling into school I found out that I barely passed the sixth grade due to an A that I had. In the seventh grade, I remained in that cloud of failure. I kept didn't care for school like anyone else did. Thankfully, I did have those people around. They were motivating me to do the same thing as they were doing. I wanted to be smart with them. In order to do this I had to apply myself to be better. It was always a competition with my old person and the new person I was trying to be! The battle never involved anyone else because in the end, it will be just me against or with myself. I didn't want to be against me, I pushed myself to be better and worked to be one as a whole. I had my mind set up to be better than what my Parents were. I made it clear that I would walk and get my degree in Nursing. I entered High School and made better grades by the year. Making a C was no longer good enough for me. My Teacher informed me of an opportunity to become an Early-Graduate. Later that day, I signed up for classes. Over the summer I had completed work a year ahead. Here I am, graduating at seventeen-years old and in three years. I will be attending to North Carolina A&T to earn my Nursing Degree. Your future RN in the making.

I am passionate about who I am and my plans to succeed in life. There are stereotypes already set against me in life. As an Afro-Latina and African-American, I am looked at as a "Gang Member", "Drug Lord", "Ghetto", "Ignorant", and so many inaccurate things. In my years of High School, I was that kid that wanted to learn and now I am that person that wants to break generational curses that are in my bloodline. I plan to be everything they wouldn't expect me to be. I will start doing that by becoming an RN. There are many minorities that have a slim chance to survive in the Hospital due to the fact that they are a person of color. I want to be a Registered Nurse simply because I would be able to have a chance to save someone's life. People that are in Hospital matter, that is someone else's family member. Most importantly, I'd like to walk in this field because my Mother was one of those victims. I have felt as if they have failed her because they thought that she was stable enough to be alone. I made a promise to myself and my Mother that I would do a better job for others than what they did for her. One major thing I have accomplished in life despite the odds against me, was my academic skills. I was born in Trenton, New Jersey. I later moved with my Grandmother to live in Camden, New Jersey. At the time it was one of the dangerous cities in the North. The Teachers there didn't necessarily care for our futures. Whenever I had asked to get extra help, I was always denied. I began failing and barely passing many classes. In 2016, I had made a decision to leave all of my family members to reside in South Carolina. Enrolling into school I found out that I barely passed the sixth grade due to an A that I had. In the seventh grade, I remained in that cloud of failure. I kept didn't care for school like anyone else did. Thankfully, I did have those people around. They were motivating me to do the same thing as they were doing. I wanted to be smart with them. In order to do this I had to apply myself to be better. It was always a competition with my old person and the new person I was trying to be! The battle never involved anyone else because in the end, it will be just me against or with myself. I didn't want to be against me, I pushed myself to be better and worked to be one as a whole. I had my mind set up to be better than what my Parents were. I made it clear that I would walk and get my degree in Nursing. I entered High School and made better grades by the year. Making a C was no longer good enough for me. My Teacher informed me of an opportunity to become an Early-Graduate. Later that day, I signed up for classes. Over the summer I had completed work a year ahead. Here I am, graduating at seventeen-years old and in three years. I will be attending to North Carolina A&T to earn my Nursing Degree. Your future RN in the making.

I am passionate about who I am and my plans to succeed in life. There are stereotypes already set against me in life. As an Afro-Latina and African-American, I am looked at as a "Gang Member", "Drug Lord", "Ghetto", "Ignorant", and so many inaccurate things. In my years of High School, I was that kid that wanted to learn and now I am that person that wants to break generational curses that are in my bloodline. I plan to be everything they wouldn't expect me to be. I will start doing that by becoming an RN. There are many minorities that have a slim chance to survive in the Hospital due to the fact that they are a person of color. I want to be a Registered Nurse simply because I would be able to have a chance to save someone's life. People that are in Hospital matter, that is someone else's family member. Most importantly, I'd like to walk in this field because my Mother was one of those victims. I have felt as if they have failed her because they thought that she was stable enough to be alone. I made a promise to myself and my Mother that I would do a better job for others than what they did for her. One major thing I have accomplished in life despite the odds against me, was my academic skills. I was born in Trenton, New Jersey. I later moved with my Grandmother to live in Camden, New Jersey. At the time it was one of the dangerous cities in the North. The Teachers there didn't necessarily care for our futures. Whenever I had asked to get extra help, I was always denied. I began failing and barely passing many classes. In 2016, I had made a decision to leave all of my family members to reside in South Carolina. Enrolling into school I found out that I barely passed the sixth grade due to an A that I had. In the seventh grade, I remained in that cloud of failure. I kept didn't care for school like anyone else did. Thankfully, I did have those people around. They were motivating me to do the same thing as they were doing. I wanted to be smart with them. In order to do this I had to apply myself to be better. It was always a competition with my old person and the new person I was trying to be! The battle never involved anyone else because in the end, it will be just me against or with myself. I didn't want to be against me, I pushed myself to be better and worked to be one as a whole. I had my mind set up to be better than what my Parents were. I made it clear that I would walk and get my degree in Nursing. I entered High School and made better grades by the year. Making a C was no longer good enough for me. My Teacher informed me of an opportunity to become an Early-Graduate. Later that day, I signed up for classes. Over the summer I had completed work a year ahead. Here I am, graduating at seventeen-years old and in three years. I will be attending to North Carolina A&T to earn my Nursing Degree. Your future RN in the making.