My name is O’nestey D. Lloyd and I’m born and still raised in Durham, NC and everybody says I sound country but I don't think so. I have 3 younger brother and yep i'm the oldest and only girl sadly we all have bad tempers but were using kind if you don't get on our bad side usually, we all have similar attitude but the 2 year old is the nicest one honestly but we all will lie for each other and love one another even though we don't like say it to each other. I am most comfortable speaking English even though right now I'm challenging myself to learn Spanish for the job I wanna get when I get older. Even since I learned I could help animals I wanted to be a veterinarian when I grow up. I love all types of animals but I hate certain insects. Technically I don't have the job yet but I have helped out my aunt with her in home daycare then go watch my brothers for free but it is some hard work dealing with them. My mom has two jobs, one in Duke Regional in the mental institution part there she helps people that come there get better and makes sure they don't harm themselves in any way; her other job is at Wakemed Cary hospital and there she works in baby and delivery she basically helps mothers prepare and teach them if they are going to breast feed , how to properly to change a baby , how to properly hold a baby, and notarize birth certificates. Since I can remember I always loved helping animals. When I was younger I would always hope to see stray animals so I could take them home with me, sometimes I did get lucky and got to keep them that was until my mom came home from work and would freak out seeing a animals randomly just walk out my room. To me I thought it was normal to just get pets like that but I guess it’s not the traditional nor safe way. The importance of my career path to me is helping generally it will make my world to know what I did to help an animal or anyone could make them happier or just make them safe and healthier will make me feel accomplished. Just to know I’ve been able to prolong an unannounced death of an animal for them to live longer to maybe get healthy and live with their family.

I am a senior at Southern School of Energy and Sustainability . I’ve recently turned 17 in August of this year. I also have 3 younger siblings who are all boys. I have an itch for being in the kitchen since my grandma and mother always had me in the kitchen learning recipes. A little bit about is that my strengths is politeness; being polite to customers and co-workers can light up the atmosphere in the workspace and could make a customer's day. Determination is also a skill I have and having that skill is very fundamental in a workspace. It's always pushing you to move forward. Sometimes determination can be rubbed off on others as well. With strengths comes weaknesses and mine are One weakness I have is being a little antisocial to people; by trying to make it at school this has helped me better overcome it. I have social anxiety when I'm not with people. I know it's very scary to me and I tend to just stare at my phone to pass the time but my close friends are helping with that; by making me do things out of my comfort zone for example my best friend took me on my first cruise. I can also be too soft spoken when I'm not confident or too sure of myself and by presenting in class in front of classmates it's helped. My education has brought me knowledge that I will need in the future to better help later on in life. Too not just skim through basicing people off looks/first impressions and to actually get to know people. My education taught me to put work priority over our friends. When you failing and their not mostly their not gonna help In my sophomore year my mom had gotten pregnant unexpectedly and she threw everything on me. I understand being the oldest I would have to sacrifice some things but I suffered way more than my mom will ever admit to anyone; after she gave birth to my brother in January that's when things went downhill. I had to juggle her college class and my classes and by the way she spoke about her class made it seem way more important to do than my work so i feel behind in all my classes second semester but i did try to catch up but it wasn’t any help though. She would sleep through the day meaning my brother would be with me during zoom hours, yes it should've been easier since we were home. That's a lie, it was making it more challenging. He had feeding times and my brothers weren’t really helpful because it wasn't their responsibility to worry about him. Having to keep watch on him and my other two brothers was exhausting, making sleep long hours, waking up stress eating which caused me to form an eating disorder and I became very depressed being that I failed classes and my gpa dropped from a 3.7 to a 1.9, losing people dear to me; I became so antisocial, and started having breakdowns sometimes. I looked at ways to free myself from home but it never really worked because my mom always made me feel guilty for wanting to just spend one night somewhere else. Though not much has changed, I've learned to speak up for myself; cherish my mental and physical health. Also to never put too much on my plate either.