When I was little I always believed that my father was making changes in my community and that he was the hero that everyone needed, especially the hero that I needed. My dad currently works for the US Border Patrol and has been working there for decades and has always had the motivation and drive to make my community and country a safe place for me and my siblings to grow up and hopefully in the future have families of our own in this wonderful country. Obviously, now as I grow up I start to learn more about my father's job and its purpose of it, I realized how much of a drastic change and impact he has in our community and country by keeping it safe from danger, he protects our borders in dangerous environments and against very dangerous people who want to harm my home and others. My father has always been my role model because of the career that he has chosen for himself and especially his sheer determination to go every day take night shifts, day shifts, and even work overtime to ensure that our borders are safe without any drugs, weapons or people crossing illegally into our community. This being said, my dad has made many sacrifices to ensure our community is clean and safe from any danger by even sacrificing family time by going to work even on weekends. I have an enormous amount of respect for my father not only because he goes into danger almost every day and night for work but because he goes so that he can ensure the safety of our community and country, keeping other people safe as well. My father has told me many stories of his job and what he does, how he has saved many lives both of people born in our community and those who crossed illegally, and stories of the dangerous things that he has captured that were trying to cross our borders and were going to bring terrible harm to my community, ever since he told me his stories and what he does it has brought nothing more but respect to him and has been my motivation to continue and pursue higher education so that I as well can help my community. He will always be a hero in my heart and as well to other first responders who do the exact same sacrifices and work to help their communities in any way. This scholarship will help me pursue my dreams and goals in higher education by assisting me and my family financially. This scholarship will help me take another step toward my goals and aspirations in the future and possible career.