Only one-third of all college students in the U.S. are first-generation college students. The amount of Hispanics that continue their education is even lower. After graduating college I would be amongst the very few of my family members who have accomplished such a thing. Attending college is something that I have looked forward to my entire life. I was introduced to the idea of business in the 4th grade when my father told me about some of his friends that were multimillion-dollar entrepreneurs, and I decided from that point on that I wanted to be just like them. It has since been my lifelong dream to become an entrepreneur. In the 8th grade, I fell in love with the stock market. I idolized Warren Buffett, read everything about him, and even purchased books he recommended, such as The Intelligent Investor. I began investing with fake money before eventually using my mom’s information to open my own brokerage account. Like Warren Buffett, I began to research companies and read their financial statements to learn more about their business. I began to teach myself how to assess them, how they make money, and what makes them a good or bad investment. Saying this, finance quickly became a growing passion. I wish to use finance as my gateway into the business world and use it to help with future ventures and endeavors that I seek to begin. This scholarship will help me in chasing those aspirations and dreams. It will provide me with a huge headstart and propel me forward. It will be used to fund these dreams that I have so that I am not set back financially by the cost that comes with furthering my education. I have no clue what my future holds. I do know the path I want to take in pursuit of my own success. I have been juggling with the thought of going to graduate school to maybe one day earn my MBA. I have not made a decision but it very well is in the deck of cards. My family comes from a background of immigrants who moved here from Chile. My grandfather and grandmother moved my father and their two other children to Oklahoma in pursuit of better opportunities. I can safely confirm that it was the best decision that they ever could have made. My father, aunt, and uncle are all successful in their own respect. I want to continue to make my grandparents proud by following my dreams and being more successful than they ever could have imagined.