Both of my parents have been vital parts of their community throughout their whole lives, starting with my father, who has been making a difference in his community since a young age. As a young man, he decided to join the army—a scary, yet rewarding decision. During his time in the army, he was able to provide medical needs for his co-workers and help them perform at their best in order to support our country. After retiring from the army, he continued his work for countless years in varying emergency rooms and hospitals, providing constant and reliable radiology work for his community and making sure they are healthy. Providing great, reliable, and passionate work for your community is something few can do, yet my father is able to. Additionally, my mother is a vital part of our community as well. Starting her career in Canada as a nurse, she worked in hospitals up there, providing care to anyone in her community who may have been in need of help. Taking a traveling job, she moved down south to McAllen, Texas, where she continued her career as a nurse, constantly aiding the RGV community with whatever care they needed. additionally, she worked through the pandemic and helped vaccinate the community against COVID. In addition to this, she also performed hundreds of COVID tests as well as contact tracing. My mother's work in healthcare made a difference to the community by helping people avoid serious illness and helping reduce its spread amongst others, as well as helping the community get back to a sense of normality. Today, she continues to care for the many needs of students at her school post-pandemic as they try to return to normal. As I finish up my high school career and move into college, I have decided to take part in the CAP (coordinated admissions program) at UTRGV, allowing me to transfer to UT Austin next fall. Being a college student now, there will be a lot of expenses that I will have to endure. This includes the cost of textbooks, gas to drive to my classes, and any other things life decides to throw at me. As I will be transferring to Austin next year, this just adds to the costs I will have to endure. This scholarship will help me with the cost of books, food, a laptop for online and computer science classes, and other countless unexpected expenses.