I am a first generation student and I have been in AVID for 4 years now. Avid has been and is a life changer because it helped me throughout all the years of high school. It has been giving me advice and taught me dedication, persistence, learned about hardship, and leadership but most importantly that I got outside my comfort zone. I was a really shy person that wouldn't ask for help from teachers or students because I was afraid of the new and really shy. I don’t think I would be where I am if I wasn't in Avid from the start. Now that I feel more outgoing and sociable I found more about what I want to do with my life in the future. I want to pursue higher education because I am a first generation in my family. I want to set an example for my two younger siblings that college can lead to your dreams coming true. I want to go to college and major in apparel design. I plan to work for myself in the future, starting a business is my dream and taking business classes in college would help me start my journey. I want to have a business where I can start off by making apparel designs and making money. After I accomplish this goal I want to go to places that are very low income that don't have enough to buy clothing and help them. I would then start designing and making clothes for people who really need it. I want to help those people all around the world. Inflation is really bad everywhere and I hope that what I want to do in the future helps tons of people who aren't economically stable. I want to help people, as much as I possibly can, that are in need. Maybe my career gets me to a different path and that is possible. You really don’t know where life will take you but all I know is that one way or another, different from this one or not, I will help people in need. Maybe this isn't much but I want to do something to help the world. I know I am thinking a lot about helping others and I also have dreams of my own like starting a family and helping my parents out. I want to go to college to make my parents proud since they didn't have the opportunity to go to college. I am proud to say that I am a daughter of immigrant parents. I want to do this for them and for myself because I have dreams to accomplish and I also want to help them economically. We were never really economically well but I know that if I give it my all in college I can pursue something that gets me financially stable. My goal is to be successful in life and thrive academically. I want to become independent and to have a purpose in life. I know I have a huge long road to go but I do have big hopes of making a positive impact in the world and making it better. I hope that this goal of mine has a positive impact on others so they know that they can help others if they put a little of their own. Sometimes things don't work out but I know if I continue to pursue my dreams by working hard I will get there. Having faith in God and thinking positively will lead me to where I want to be.