My parents gave me the biggest opportunity of my life when they migrated from Mexico to the United States on foot. Their purpose in staying in the United States was to give me and my siblings the freedom and power to become whatever I wanted. I am a first-generation student attending Gateway Early College High School to earn high school and college credits to boost my educational and academic goals. I have been accepted at Arizona State University to earn a Bachelor’s degree in Ocean Futures. I am planning to become a marine biologist to explore and research the deep sea, something humans do not see every day. I also love seeing living organisms as it feels therapeutic and amazing. Other careers I am also interested in are microbiology and jewelry. This would lead to my plan to make a positive impact on my family by not only attending college and receiving degrees but to paying back all of my parents’ struggles when trying to raise me to become a successful individual. My parents spent so much money for me and my siblings to get an education at college because they could not reach those achievements themselves. With three children planning or attending college tripling the amount of tuition and other expenses, my parents would have to burn more money than before to keep us in college. Additionally, we live in a lower-class income household which could hinder my parents' financial management. I know that I will need to focus on my education and future so I can repay the damages my parents have done to help me through college. Hopefully, I can retire them, give them opportunities to experience a happy life, and overall show how grateful I am to have parents who care about my future, education, and life. It may sound easy when I say and plan out my plans to create a positive impact on my family, but there are still chances that it might fail and I will not be able to do the things that I wished to do. My parents have sacrificed their energy, dreams, and money to keep me going forward to reach my destination. As I look towards the future, I am dedicated to achieving the feeling of success to bring satisfaction to my parents. As of right now, the only thing I need to ensure that my plan and dreams become reality is to focus on myself.

Minecraft has been one of my favorite games since I was a young boy. I have been playing it throughout all my life watching videos, and tutorials, and playing it with other friends. There is an unlimited amount of activities, modes, and packs that Minecraft has to offer, but my favorite aspect of the game is playing it in normal mode. Everyone has played Minecraft survival mode at least once when they play it, but it holds a special bond to my life. I have never taken Minecraft seriously, especially in a normal survival world, and have been focusing on other game modes like Skywars and Sandbox mode. Minecraft survival is one of the most relaxing times to play and it satisfies me with how the game looks, the aesthetics, action, animals, entities, and the buildings I can build. Minecraft also has the most therapeutic songs in any game in history and it makes me think back about life. It resonates with me deeply because Minecraft survival looks so much like real life. I have not been appreciating how the world looks and what it does for me, and Minecraft does the best job of representing our world. Also, it helped me go through my childhood. Games have been limited in my childhood since my parents did not have money to buy a console, so the best thing they gave me was a small laptop that was able to run Minecraft. It is not much, but it helped me through my life making it brighter. Minecraft survival mode is my favorite aspect of the game because of how relaxing the game can be and gives me a realization of the real world at such a young age. It drove me through my childhood and I have appreciated it till this day.