1. I deserve this scholarship because I want to work at Taco Bell. I have a passion to wrap burritos and crunch wraps for the rest of my future. 2. Career goal number 1: Taco Bell manager and maybe get endorsed by Red Bull somehow. 3. One time, a couple of weeks ago, I decided to go to McDonald's, instead of Taco Bell (my first mistake). I waited in line for forty minutes before getting to the window where they insisted that they never took our orders and that they were closed. Never again will I choose McDonald's over Taco Bell.

I grew up in a conservative Christian home where everyone believed that life is life from the moment of conception. However, I went to public school from 7th grade all the way until my senior year of high school and there were people who believed differently. I had a friend who got pregnant our freshman year of high school and I remember her boyfriend's parents wanted her to abort the baby. My whole family was praying for her to make the wise decisions to not abort him, my parents went so far as to say that we would adopt the baby to prevent her from aborting him. In the end, she chose not to abort him but to keep him and raise him with the help of her parents. This was a hard time in school because even before I transferred to public school, I had known this girl since 3rd grade. I remember people in high school making comments about what she should do and the disrespect they had towards the unborn. It was hard for me but it was a time in my life that helped me affirm what I believed. I knew that life was life from conception. In my sophomore year of high school, I had the opportunity to photograph a pro-life march in downtown Royal Oak, MI. It was a great opportunity to spread awareness and facts on unborn life. It was beautiful to see people joining in and supporting the unborn throughout the day. Also, with the rise of social media, I have taken a lead to promote Pro-Life agencies through Instagram and Facebook.

I grew up in a family of five as the oldest girl of two immigrant parents from the country of Romania. I was born in Michigan, where my mother's family immigrated to when they left Romania back in the late 1980s. Her family consisted of her and her 9 other siblings plus her two parents. Of the ten siblings, five of them have dealt with the effects of substance abuse. Back in the 1990s, when one of her brothers was high, he got shot and killed. Three more of her siblings dealt with arrests and DUIs. To add to all of that, in 2014, her youngest brother, the brother closest in age to her, was shot in the head in Detroit for a little bit of Adderall. And after three months in a coma, he lived and still lives to this day. I have seen the effects of substance abuse and what it does to a family. I have seen it tear my mother apart. Through all of that, I vowed to never touch drugs or alcohol because of the toll it took on my family. In high school, I joined a club entitled "Students Against Destructive Decisions" where we advocated for students to stay away from drugs and alcohol. Now that I am in college, away from home, I have taken classes to further educate myself on the subject. One class was entitled "The Concepts of Chemical Dependency" and I was required to attend Alcoholics Anonymous, also known as AA meetings. Seeing and reading what can happen to people addicted to different substances, I decided that I want to go into a field where I can fight for families who are being torn apart by substance abuse. I plan to go to law school when I finish my undergraduate degree and fight for people who suffer from substance abuse. They, too, are people in need of help even if they do not see it right away. I want to fight for people whose mental health has taken a hit from substance abuse. There is a lack of sympathy for people who are addicted and are thrown into prisons. I want to give families peace by sending their loved ones to get actual help, making it more accessible for them.