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Natalia Osorio

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Hi, my name is Natalia Osorio, I'm a senior in high school. I hope to become a labor and delivery nurse. I love to care for others and enjoy life. For that, I see myself in nursing, where I know I will make a difference in people's lives. I know that I can be able to care for people and that is what makes me the happiest, to be able to make others' day as good as mine. Caring for those in need is something super important for me as I love to be there for others. I have learned this amazing personality from those I surround myself with. I am most passionate about going to college to become a labor and delivery nurse. It is something that I have been very interested in going into. To care is an important factor and to be there for others on an important day. It is a special moment I aspire to experience. I know that it takes a lot of work to get into the nursing program. I can guarantee that I will do my best. I strive to succeed in whatever I set my mind to. I am a great candidate because I am very grateful, hardworking, and bold.

Education

California State University-Sacramento

Bachelor's degree program
2024 - 2028
  • Majors:
    • Health Professions and Related Clinical Sciences, Other
  • Minors:
    • Psychology, Other

Clayton Valley Charter High School

High School
2020 - 2024

Miscellaneous

  • Desired degree level:

    Bachelor's degree program

  • Graduate schools of interest:

  • Transfer schools of interest:

  • Majors of interest:

    • Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing
    • Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science/Research and Allied Professions
    • Health Professions and Related Clinical Sciences, Other
  • Planning to go to medical school
  • Career

    • Dream career field:

      Hospital & Health Care

    • Dream career goals:

      Labor and Delivery Nurse

      Sports

      Cheerleading

      Intramural
      2010 – 20166 years

      Soccer

      Intramural
      2012 – 20197 years

      Research

      • History and Language/Literature

        High School — Student
        2021 – 2024

      Arts

      • School

        Photography
        School
        2023 – 2024
      • high school

        Painting
        2022 – 2024

      Public services

      • Volunteering

        Link Crew — Participant
        2023 – 2024
      • Volunteering

        Garden Club — Participant
        2022 – 2024
      • Volunteering

        Key Club — Participant
        2022 – 2023
      • Volunteering

        Cheer the Children — Participant
        2023 – 2024

      Future Interests

      Volunteering

      Disney Channel Rewind Scholarship
      If I could choose a crossover between my two favorite shows it would be Wizards of Waverly Place and K.C. Undercover. It would start in an episode named, 'K.C. in New York ' of the show, K.C. Undercover, where K.C. has her first mission after being transferred. Her mission takes place in Manhattan, New York. She would have to capture Agent Johnson, as he has escaped and is last known where about to be in New York. She has been working undercover trying desperately to figure out exactly where he is and if he is working with anyone. K.C. frequently goes to the Waverly place to eat out. Undoubtedly Justin notices this and wants to take her on a date because he thinks she is pretty. Alex realizes Justin's motive and without a doubt, tries to ruin what he plans to do: take a shot at her. One day K.C. is eating her sandwich at Waverly place when Justin approaches her to ask her out on a date. Alex comes over and tries to embarrass her brother. K.C. finds it amusing and declines his offer and tries to get them to leave her alone. While Justin and Alex continue to argue, K.C. leaves. Justin steps out and asks her for her name, she turns back and Alex also comes out and screams something embarrassing about Justin. She laughs and heads back inside. K.C. continues to walk forward and as she gets new information on Agent Johnson, so she follows up on that lead in a hurry. Justin follows her into a dark alley to maybe try and get her back. Little did he know someone else was following her as well, Agent Johnson. He follows her in the alley and they start to fight. With that Justin uses his powers to try and help her out. K.C. beats him down and figures out he was the one who sent the new information. The story continues in a new episode of Wizards of Waverly Place named 'Mission of Wizards and Spies'. It starts with Theresa Russo sending Alex and Max to go get their brother, Justin. They follow him up until he stops and he is behind the alley spying on K.C. after she beats up Agent Johnson. They sneak up behind him and go forward to ask her if she's alright. K.C. again tries to get them to go away and they insist on helping out. Agent Johnson sneaks off, leaving K.C. unfinished with her mission because of the Russos. She gets a call from 'The Organization', who do not realize it but have compromised her to the Russo siblings. They think that she is a part of what they are from the gadget not being anything they have seen before. They too compromise themselves as wizards, showing off their abilities. They both continue to talk and do not even try to hide what the other is. K.C. tells them her mission and begs them to stay away, confused and just disturbed by their powers. They want to help out, and for the rest of the episode they work together to get Agent Johnson which they do. Towards the end of K.C.'s mission, Justin gives another shot at her but she declines, but that doesn't mean that there is not a relationship going on. Alex Russo and K.C. continue their friendship secretly as she goes on other missions and helps her when needed.
      “I Matter” Scholarship
      I helped someone out in my life, which was the best thing I could have done and I hope to do more. To go into specifics I helped my older cousin after he had a stroke. After his stroke, he went into a coma for a while. I would visit him in the hospital with my family and we would talk with him, hoping he would hear us and praying he would wake up soon. After a month or so he woke up but he was different. At first, he couldn't remember basic information he should've remembered, such as who his sister was or his name. Little by little things would get better and my family and I would still visit him in the hospital to help keep his family company and to help him remember as well. I remember feeling emotional because I remembered when he would be an important factor in my mom's life, for me as well but I was much younger so I had fewer memories of him. But he was still my cousin so he meant as much to me as the cousins that I did grow up with. We would constantly talk with him and bring pictures of when we were all younger. Eventually, he had gotten physically worse due to how the doctors did a bad job during surgery. So he was constantly shaking and was not able to walk. He would be in bed, so angry and frustrated that he wasn't able to do simple things he was able to do before. The thing is to get physically stronger again he would have to start to learn to walk all over again. Even after physical therapy he still had difficulty walking. Finally, he came home and didn't have to sleep over at the hospital. He got lazy to the point where most of the time he was just in bed all day. Our family refused to have him feeling depressed. So we all motivated him to take morning walks. I didn't have much to do and just got a new dog. We would walk in the parks; little by little we would walk more and more. He started to feel the change in his muscles and growth in himself. He was much more relaxed and happy and physically was doing better. Helping him with physically and mentally is the best thing I have ever done. To be able to see my cousin feel himself more every day brings me joy. I love to be able to be there for my cousin, especially after everything he has been through. I am most grateful for him to be able to put in that work because for him to get out of bed and choose the right path, shows that he has great strength to be able to pick himself up. I hope to help him more and to help others as well with what I choose to do as my career.
      Community Health Ambassador Scholarship for Nursing Students
      My name is Natalia Osorio and I grew up in the Bay Area. The main reason I want to pursue a degree in nursing is the way that I grew up. My Hispanic mother and grandmother raised my sister and I. They taught us anything was possible if we committed to it and that they would be 100% supporting us. I grew up in the best way possible that I know. It wasn't like my family was rich and could afford everything. My mom did the best she could and my mom would do extra jobs to even help us out. This creates quite a character out of a person. I know the personalities I have are because of the way I see things in my life. For example, I grew up without a father so I was very clingy to my mom. That could've made me have angry thoughts and feelings but instead, I think it made me grateful. Grateful because I knew then not everything can go one way, you make the best out of the situation you are in. It wasn't like I was mistreated, I was never, my mom took care of me, that's how everyone knew I was raised in a loving home. Due to me being so clingy to my mom, I saw how many respected her, and those who didn't she would put them in their place. Those who knew my mom knew she was hard-working and independent. It was nice to see the surprising faces of people, especially men when she would know things that most people didn't think women would know. It was also nice seeing my mother speak up for herself, it made my sister and I more confident. Most of all my mother taught me the importance of caring for others. She is a strong and independent woman, but she is also a woman who has maternal instincts and knows how to fix any problems. Around me, I saw how family and family friends would ask my mom for help or support and she would be there for them. She would be the one who comforted people and gave reassuring words. She was like that to me too, she taught me everything I need to know and I know she'll teach me more. I am mentioning all of this because it is important to know that she is the reason I chose nursing. I grew up to want to be exactly like her and she raised me to be better. I chose nursing because the way my mom cared for others is the way I want to care for others. I want to have that in my career. What is better than nursing? Specifically, I want to be a labor and delivery nurse. I want to not only care but to also be in support of women in the miracle of life moments. I know that I will be able to show amazing qualities the way I've seen them be taught and demonstrated. The way I hope to contribute to my community is to promote the ways many can be helped. To give advice and hopefully influence more kids like me who grew up the way I did to dream big. I grew up wonderfully but there were struggles, so to influence the community around me the way my mom has gratefully done so, would be how I would contribute to my community.
      Robert F. Lawson Fund for Careers that Care
      My name is Natalia Osorio and I grew up in the Bay Area. I also grew up being raised by my single mother and immigrant grandmother. With that, a kid learns a lot. Especially how to be grateful for everything that comes our way. In addition, we weren't exactly rich, so things did become harder for us. Growing up, I also knew that when I grew up I wanted to do something really important to be able to care for others. It probably started around the time when I was 12, realizing the world around us wasn't what it seemed. When I was in elementary it was like everything was possible to happen and it was rainbows and sunshine. Going into middle school and everything going on you gain a sense of the world you're in, the reality. My family didn't tell me everything about finances and such but they somewhat do now, that I'm 17. Before, I just saw things as they were, with no filter. My grandma was hurt badly in a car accident when I was in middle school and it took a toll on my family because we couldn't afford the insurance for the car or the medical bills due to her hurt back. In those moments I knew I wanted to be in the medical field because I saw how helpful they were to my grandma with her back. We just struggled with bills sometimes, but we paid them off eventually. To be something big was to succeed in life. My mom and grandma helped me with that. They pushed me to do better than them. My grandma came into this country with nothing and my mom came with her and didn't exactly do the best in high school. When she had my sister and I she not only pushed us but gave us chances to do what she couldn't. I am thankful for both of the strong women in my life for giving me the opportunity and the belief to do what I want in life. In my sophomore year of high school, I realized that I wanted to be a labor and delivery nurse. Growing up around strong women who did need help in some points and uplifted each other, I found myself wanting to find that in a career. I will be caring and helping women in stressful but beautiful moments in life. Labor and delivery nurses are a part of that uplifting moment, to support mothers in times of difficulty. I know that the path I choose to go on will make a difference and positively impact the world around me by helping women.
      Spider-Man Showdown Scholarship
      With all the Spiderman played in live action and animations, Tom Holland is my favorite Spiderman. This may be how when the other movies of Spiderman played by Tobey Maguire or Andrew Garfield I was a little younger or not even born. I know that originally Stan Lee created Spiderman as a way to relate with other teenagers. I feel like Tom Holland has portrayed that as the best for me. I usually always go for the original but for this, I am a Tom Holland fan. I feel like he portrays the quirky nerdy science fascination and awkward teenage phase the best. I may be biased because I find him the most attractive as well but his acting as Spiderman is surreal. Every movie with him as Spiderman I connect with. In his first movie, Spider-Man: Homecoming, really shows out as the friendly neighborhood superhero. He is shown to do little but good kind actions. As a teenager, he aspires to do more and has the determination to do better. Tom Holland captures the teenage superhero on how he doesn't know better but wants to. He has that kid view, especially looking up to Tony Stark. Another reason why he is my favorite is because of how he is in the universe where there are Avengers. The other movies, which are other universes, don't have that. I feel with the Avengers he wants to be that A team and shows out. Specifically with Tony Stark, it's even better, because that is Peter Parker's father figure. Their connection is better than the other movies of Peter Parker with their uncle. In the first Spiderman movie in 2002, the connection with his uncle Ben, is there but it's not where compared to Tony Stark's connection with Peter Parker. The same with Andrew Garfield and his Uncle Ben. The audience feels that pain but there is much more emotion and feeling towards Peter Parker and Tony Stark because the audience knows what they have been through and they know Tony Stark. They know the backstory of how Tony Stark didn't have any kids with his wife and his seriousness so for him to feel like a father figure to Peter Parker says a lot. I know that everyone watching Tony Stark watching Peter Parker vanish away due to Thanos was tearful to watch. Especially when Tony finally got his kid after the blip and risked his real kid to get Peter Parker back. When he did he also risked his life and died. His death was the most emotional and touching death of Marvel, especially knowing the reason he did all that. After Tony Stark dies, Peter Parker goes through his emotions of grief and he gets used. He learns to cope with his emotions differently than the other Peter Parker. It's not only the actor but also the character itself. These are all Peter Parkers, they're all the same person but in different universes. With their own experiences of how they lost their person, they also grieved differently. He grew up maturity-wise through his experiences. To me, Tom Holland as Peter Parker is my favorite Spiderman.
      Netflix and Scholarships!
      One Netflix show I cannot stop binging, even after I have finished it is, Grey's Anatomy. It is one of the most popular shows on Netflix and has gained that popularity and likeness for a reason. The show is a medical drama series. It starts with a certain group of interns starting their days at Seattle Grace Mercy West Hospital. It is all so interesting to hear about other people's lives, especially when it isn't real. When it isn't real there is so much more drama to endure. Right away viewers can tell how amazing the drama is going to be. In the first episode of the very first season, it is shown that the intern slept with her boss. Everything after that unravels into more chaos. It is so intriguing. With the drama going on, there are of course the patients in the hospital and the great achievements that the doctors or even interns discover or make. It makes double the excitement of watching the series. It shows all types of emotions and feelings. It shows the feelings of sadness, happiness, confusion, frustration, etc. It shows real-world catastrophes. Such as shootings, family feuds, denial in relationships, or friendships growing or separating away. Many episodes throughout the series have stuck with me. There is so much to take in but at the same time it makes one curious as to what will happen next or if there even is a next. There are 20 seasons to prove that. I could start naming episodes and their drama in that but is all too much and to fully understand it one would have to watch from the beginning. The thing is when it all seems the same it isn't and many more characters get introduced and more drama is introduced or characters die or leave you'll find yourself crying it out. The Netflix show touches people in so many ways throughout the season how it touches viewers with many concepts and situations that go on in the real world. To me it has touched me with showing how to overcome having an absent father, being in a low-income family, and getting through tough times. There have been moments where I stop and think about how grateful I am to be here because of how many others deal with medical issues and more. The drama show has more to give than one thinks. Once the first episode is viewed you can't take your eyes off the rest and you will never stop to wonder what the next will be about. This show is the best show on Netflix to ever watch. It stops you in your tracks and makes you want to become a doctor at points but to only be living in that with the other characters. Grey's Anatomy is my absolute favorite Netflix series.
      "The Summer I Turned Pretty" Fan Scholarship
      I am team Jeremiah. Jeremiah is the funnier, more caring and is a better match with Belly. Starting from the first season from the very first episode Jere sees Belly and immediately hugs and lifts her off the ground. Conrad was dealing with his own issues which becomes so sad to hear about but he barely even acknowledged her. Then a couple episodes later Jere admits he has feelings for Belly. Despite his flirtatious personality, all the viewers knew that only she had his heart. He was never scared to show his feelings towards her and never intentionally hurt her feelings. Conrad in the first season hurt Belly in so many ways. It was obvious to her family and the Fisher family that Belly had the most oblivious crush on Conrad. He, himself knew this and still showed off being with other girls. Belly knew from the beginning that Conrad was going through tough times and made herself available for him to talk to and Conrad was still rude towards her. It was so obvious both boys liked Belly romantically but only one didn't lead her on. I was rooting for Conrad at first but because of the way he treated her so disrespectfully and used his own mother as an excuse to treat her the way he did was something I most disliked about Conrad. What made me team Jeremiah was the fact that he never gave up on her. He never gave up on his feelings towards Belly. Specifically, Summer Tides, Season 1 episode 6: Jeremiah fought for Belly at the Cousins Beach volleyball tournament. It was so clear how he felt for and the car scene where Belly choses Jeremiah and the tension between them both is just a feeling that every girl wants to experience. Onto the second season the aftermath of the debutante ball and the beginning episode brings tears to everyone. The second season shows what has been going on before the incidents that occur. Susannah died and it is clear that the tensions between Jere and Belly are different. Both brothers had every right to have their space dealing with their mother and the drama in the love triangle. But the car scene on episode 2 in season 2 it was clear that Jere still had strong feelings for Belly but wanted space for both of them. The fact that Jere was so smart and caring for not only thinking of himself but for others in that situation and looking for Conrad amazes me. He was dealing with so much but still trying his best to be there for everyone. Belly showed that back to Jeremiah by hugging him, knowing that's what he needed the most. Skipping ahead of some other equally important parts, Jeremiah is the answer to Belly. Both brothers dealt with so much and Jeremiah was there more for Belly than Conrad was. Even after the moments of Belly betraying him with Conrad, he still fought for her but respected her at the same time. Conrad is the older brother, but not the most mature and stable to be with Belly and giver her what she wants and deserves. With treating her the way he did, he did learn through his mistakes but that took forever for him to figure out. Jeremiah is the one that deserves everything, if anything Belly doesn't even deserve Jeremiah.
      Nell’s Will Scholarship
      This scholarship and many others that I have applied to will be meaningful to me. It will be such an accomplishment and make me proud to earn something that I know will benefit me in college. Coming from a low-income family generally means taking all the chances you can get and being grateful for everything not just the good but even the awful. Everything has a lesson to be learned. With this scholarship, it will help me deeply into my college. With that, I know I can pay for books, housing, and my overall tuition. Even if it doesn't pay for the whole thing, it will still help me financially. Without it, I wouldn't be able to want to go straight into a 4-year, I would have to do community and then transfer. I have decided to go straight for it with the help of any scholarship that will help me. To find a scholarship like this that helps smart low-income women is so fitting. I love that there are scholarships out there that have a purpose to help women out. Also to help low-income families, which is an amazing purpose. Low-income families deal with the stress of money all the time. So scholarships similar to this to help those in need are truly a blessing to me. In the future, when I have my dream career, I hope to make a similar scholarship. Even though I have not been granted this scholarship, I know that I will plan to help those in my situation currently. Knowing how passionate I am about this scholarship and many others that are similar, I know there are other people just as deserving. There are many young adults out there who have the stress of not having the financial aid to apply or to take the college path. It is very tragic, especially with the smart-minded women out there, that are deeply driven. I feel I am one of those women to hopefully get awarded this scholarship. Thus far, I have overcome the struggle of whether I can afford to be in college. I still have the nerves, but before I didn't even think to want to go straight into a 4-year. It was all about going to community college and transferring into a 2-year to complete my schooling. It was a very difficult decision to make since I come from a low-income family. But that same family has motivated me and supported me in wanting to do a 4-year college. To come to a realization, that I can do it, it's possible, I just have to work super hard. I can do that, I can work myself up. My goal my whole high school years was to always try the best that I could and aim for the top. Everything never comes easy, there is always a push to make it through that struggle. My mother especially has helped since she is a strong independent woman, I have always looked up to her to be the same. She has always wanted me to be an independent woman like her but better. I hope the best for me to earn this scholarship that will help me be that.
      Elevate Mental Health Awareness Scholarship
      My experience with mental health is my anxiety. I feel that I got this through the torture of bullying and harassment in middle school when I was thirteen. I had just switched schools at the beginning of eighth grade. I was the new kid and being put in a new position made me feel uncomfortable. I tried my best to make friends, but little did I know that it wouldn't turn out that way. It was my first week and the other kids were already calling me names, laughing at me, and pushing me around. I remember feeling so scared to speak up to defend myself. It had only got worse, even with how I would have to present in class. I remember the feeling of getting super warm to where I felt everyone could see that I was red, shaking and mumbling my words. Three months in and I was still feeling that same feeling but worse. The other kids would eventually lead their name-calling to push me around. Their main goal was to humiliate me and make me feel less than what I was already feeling. At this point, everyone saw how a certain group of boys had treated me, even the teachers. Still, no one did anything to stop them or to help me cope with the stress I had felt. I had come across much more humiliating events being in that new school. In one incident I had sat out for P.E. due to how I felt like I was being watched by those group of bullies. They had also decided to sit out as well, just to make my day worse. I was fearful of what was going to go on. I think this would have been my first sign of having anxiety, due to how my heart felt like it was rushing, I felt lightheaded from not drinking any water and I was sweating super badly from being heated up. I tried my best to calm myself down, to focus on my breathing, like how my mom would help me calm down when I would cry. But I couldn't, I just felt super hot and nervous. Before they could do anything, I decided to walk out and call home. Finally, towards the end of the school year, everyone had to go through quarantine. With quarantine, I was locked into my room, shut off from the world. If anything I got more shy and spoke less. It did have its advantages; it helped me to escape from the harassment and the embarrassment. But, with that constant bullying and harassment I had dealt with, I came across questioning my faith in God and how I put my trust in people. It has deeply influenced the way I see people and how I see myself. Questioning my religious beliefs was a roller coaster, due to how religious my family was. I had eventually spoken up about the verbal abuse I had gone through when I was thirteen. My family helped me deeply with understanding how our religion works. I started to pray again and have my faith in someone I felt and knew I could trust. To this day, I still have trust issues and anxiety when I have to talk out loud. I haven't gone through that habit of mine. I still feel at times my heart beating faster than it should, my dizziness, and heating up. Being bullied has brought me to the lowest point in my life and has brought anxiety upon me. I choose to deal with my issues by talking with my family and my therapist. It has helped me understand that none of what I went through was my fault. Also, I learned how going through traumatic events could have led to my social anxiety. I try my best to put myself out there and be more open to help others not go through the same thing.
      Overcoming Adversity - Jack Terry Memorial Scholarship
      Jack Terry's story has inspired me to not give up. He had his whole family taken away from him for a tragic event that never should have occurred in history. Despite the loss of his whole family, he continued with his life. His accomplishments in his life are inspirational to think about. Similarly to Jack, how he went into the medical field, is what I hope to do. I aspire to be a labor and delivery nurse, really different from what he has become. But on the same level I choose to be in the position of helping and caring for others. It has been a struggle to choose what I am interested in. Scared that what I choose will take too much time in college that I cannot pay for without financial help. My mom is a single parent, without two parents working and caring for two kids, housing, food and more it can be a struggle. My mom never let my sister and I know she was struggling, but I always knew. As I got older, I started to ask for less or be worried that we could not pay for certain items or opportunities. I have always questioned if I could do something due to how everything is not always just given, there is always a price to pay. Without the help of my real father, it has taken a toll on how I viewed everything. Not just money but also how I view myself. With an absent father, it has been difficult to not accuse me of his leaving or to put me down. I would always ask myself "what if" questions. With that, it has held me down heavily. Talking with people who relate to my situation has helped me to realize that I cannot beat myself up for something I cannot change. What happens, happens. I should be happy with what I can accomplish, not keep holding onto the past but also never forget, and forgive because kindness is key to life. Without all those factors I have learned there will never be growth to be better. All the actions I have learned, have helped me heal and truly know what I want to do in life, care for others. I have aimed to make a difference in society. With being a labor and delivery nurse, I can be there for mothers in need of assistance and help with the beginning of a new chapter in their lives. I know that when my mom had given birth to both my sister and me she had felt alone, with not having our father there. Many mothers deal with not being ready with a newborn, miscarriages, or finding out their baby has a disability. More issues can come with birth and when I get to be a labor and delivery nurse, I will be able to give assurance and empathy to mothers. Even with the good news of a healthy baby, mothers will always need help. With or without good news, I want to be able to give my assistance in helping mothers with a very difficult but special moment. Giving back to society by helping mothers with a moment in life never forgotten is what I want to do in life.
      Janean D. Watkins Aspiring Healthcare Professionals Scholarship
      My name is Natalia Osorio and I aspire to be a labor and delivery nurse. My goals in life are to take chances in moving forward and to study and work hard. Living in a low-income and single-parent family, I have learned from my mom to take opportunities and to be grateful for everything that comes our way. Being grateful is an important factor in our family because of how we live. It wasn't that I was not happy, my mom made sure my sister and I could take many chances and she would be there to support us every step. It was just hard to see my mom struggle and for her to hide it from us. She taught my sister and I important life lessons to never take for granted. To never take anything for granted was an opportunity. Opportunities are what make it possible to grow. All my mom wanted for both of her children was to grow. Grow into amazing people. She never pressured me into anything I didn't want to do but always taught me to take what was given to me because there was a possibility that I would never gain that back. I thank my mom for everything, without her I wouldn't know what I aspire to be, she let me choose my path but she paved the way for me to make it possible. My goals in life are to make something out of myself and to show my mom all that she has done for me. In my family, there have been many medical problems that I have seen. What has affected me the most was seeing my cousin struggle with his life after a stroke. He has been affected terribly and treated wrongly by doctors. For that, it should have curved me away from being in healthcare, but it didn't. Instead, it motivated me to want to be better, to want to help what is wrong, with people treating others badly. How he was treated by the system happens in many other situations. Treating a patient not how they are meant to be treated and not using one's gift to make the patient's life easier is terrible. Labor and delivery nurse has me interested since last year. It was random to choose this from everything I have witnessed my family going through, but I sought what was best for me. I love to care for babies and be a part of that special moment in life. Helping out to make a hard situation easier and to be there for mothers the way I know my mother felt she was alone in those moments, makes me feel like I can make a difference. Thus far my greatest accomplishment has been making my family proud. I am big on being family-oriented, so it means a great deal to me to help put or make them proud like how I am in myself. For that, they have motivated me to make accomplishments. A big one is being accepted into one of the colleges I have applied to. I am the first generation and the first on both sides of my family to go to college.
      Pete and Consuelo Hernandez Memorial Scholarship
      I am hoping to go into a nursing major. It has been a struggle to think about what I want to major in. I always knew I wanted to be in something that involved being there for others. That is what led me to focus on being in the medical field. But there is also that intimidation of the competitiveness that goes on in the medical field that did worry me. That is what happens with most careers that involve the precision of being careful and also being smart because it is a career that is to be taken seriously. The intimidation that I have gotten from others, about how I felt others were more mentally prepared than me. I did not think about how I should have been more prepared starting in high school. I was more shy and to myself, so I did regret being that way. But if I had not, I would not have found my path to being confident and secure in myself now. It is hurtful to know how I beat myself up for not being as smart as others. It has impacted the way I felt and acted around people. It affected the way I thought was right for me. I felt I was not smart enough for what I was looking into being for my future. I think it is a hard area to pull oneself out of that position. But as you grow through your pain and not around it, you can learn so much. I have learned to appreciate myself more. People are smart in their ways, I cannot put myself in a dark place when I have not tried yet. I know that the medical field and being in a nursing major is difficult, as everything new in life should be. It is normal to be scared and have doubts but to never lose sight of my goals in life. For that, I do know that majoring in nursing is what I want to go through because despite the insecurities I have had in the past I should listen to my heart and brain. I know what is best for me, I am the only one that can physically and mentally put myself where I need to be. With every struggle I have had, I have always known to go through the roller coaster then pass by it and never deal with it and let it bother me. Without dealing with issues in life, one can never accomplish what is right for them. I know that through what I have been taught by my mom, I thank her for letting me deal with my issues face-on instead of hiding.
      Breanna Coleman Memorial Nursing Scholarship
      My main point in pursuing my career in nursing is to care for people. I love to care for people and I feel like it has been my calling. I come from a family who moved their whole lives to America to hope for a better future for their children. My mother has never let me down and has always put her care in everyone she sets eyes on. I aspire to be like my mother. She has been through so much and loves much more. She came from El Salvador, which is not known as a country that was rich or safe in the past. She has seen many horrible things and has gone through tough problems. My grandparents brought her and her brothers as kids to America for a better future. When telling me the eventful things she has gone through and what her family has been through it made me surprised because of how passionate, respectful and warm she is to others. I have only grown with her in my life, she played both roles as mom and dad. That has not made me weak in any way. If anything it has made me like her, I am so thankful for the fact that I was put in this life as her daughter. I could not have learned how to care and be the type of kind person without the model she is. My mother has shown me how much putting your heart into someone can go a long way. How much you can impact an individual's life. For all of that, she has guided me by what I really and passionately want to pursue in life. I want to be able to be there for others, so I set my eyes on nursing. Specifically a labor and delivery nurse. After all, I know I can be there for people who are in a stressful, hard, but beautiful moment in life. I have grown to be an amazing person, from what I have heard from the people I surround myself with. I currently give back by participating in activities. I am vice president of the Thrift Club at my school. Our goal is to give back to the less wealthy. To donate clothes and to bring awareness to our community of the struggles people go through and ways they could help and be more hands-on with the process of our club trying our best to help out. We are currently trying to partner up with a church that has the same goals and from there on we hope to take action from the women's goals we have. Mentioning how I love to help out, I am in the Cheer for the Children club, which is a youth organization, helping donate toys and educational supplies to children in Peru and Columbia. I also have put myself in the Changemakers club which is a gardening club. I love to appreciate the plants and trees that help our ecosystem. Lastly, I give back by putting myself in Link Crew at our school. It helps incoming freshmen know how high school is and try their best to make them feel comfortable and know that they have resources and help when needed. I love to help give back and put my hands to help with the community I am in.
      Good People, Cool Things Scholarship
      The creative passion of journaling is something that I love to do. It is the one thing that has been deeply healing to me. Dealing with certain issues in life can bring so much unnecessary stress and pressure. Journaling has been a wonderful experience, to be able to just throw out everything onto a piece of paper gives a certain feeling. That feeling where you can breathe out, after holding in your breath or that feeling of letting out a cry after you held that ball up in your throat. It feels that way because you let out certain emotions that you cannot possibly tell anyone else. Freenes of judgment is creativity and so putting emotions out there without rules is creativity. For me, nothing could go wrong in journaling my emotions down. Journaling makes the world a better place based on the independence and peace it brings. Independence brings fulfillment to a person on certain life choices. It brings good decision-making through the actions a person takes on in life. You realize that you cannot change the past but go on with your future and make better choices for yourself. It makes who you spend your time with more valuable than regretful. Peaceful mind is another beautiful impact journaling has on people. As repeatedly said before, stressful situations call for a let-go somewhere. Whether that is screaming, talking to a friend, walking, and even journaling. With me, journaling is my thing. My thing that brings peace. With a peaceful mind, I never had my doubts about my creative side of life. I love journaling because it brings me to my creative side, gives me peace in stressful situations and shows me how to be better in life. With an extra 24 hours in a day, I would take that time exercising. Most would think it would give out more stress with an extra amount of hours in a day, but to put thought into it, it would bring much more creativity in people. It would give people the opportunity in a lifetime to do the important or spontaneous actions one could not do in a day. I would choose that time to exercise. Most would not, but to think for a while on this, I always excuse myself from working out, but in this scenario, there are no excuses. I would choose it to make myself feel better about how I spend my time and how beneficial it could be, just like journaling can be therapeutic. When I feel most creative, I am redecorating my room. Journaling makes me feel creative, but not as much as decorating. There could be absolutely nothing wrong with my room but the fact that I am bored with how it looks. Randomly, I decided to redo my whole room. And I cannot just change one aspect of my room, if I move one thing I have to move everything. It just makes sense to me. There is never a specific day or time I could be doing the most creative part of my life. I have almost my whole room covered in posters, my closet full of clothes, and books on the floor. I think I feel the most creative in my room whether it is journaling, redoing my room or eating ice cream because I feel the most comfortable. It is the safe place where I could just finally be me after a long tiring day. Changing up my room brings my creativity out to make it look more amusing and fitting.