In my dreams, I can speak two languages. I wish that when I woke up and stepped onto the lacrosse field I was still able to speak two languages. I love playing Lacrosse, it has acted as a huge part of who I am today and I don’t know where I would be without it. While I love Lacrosse, I have definitely faced some challenges being a part of the Northwestern High School Varsity Lacrosse team over the last...

My school percent is low when it comes to college enrollment, my school is also 99% minority. While some may not see the correlation, at my school there is a huge one. For years there has been this idea in society that if you are undocumented you can’t attend college or if you are African American you’re not smart enough for college. While this idea has started to be broken down in society over the years, it hadn’t...

The hardest part of being a teenager for me is when I speak up for my beliefs in equality and against injustice, I am constantly told I don't know what I am talking about because I’m only seventeen and have no life experience to speak too. This is extremely hard for me because I consider myself someone who is an activist, who loves to educate myself and others about the injustices around the world, and particularly in our country....

I have come to understand that it is not our background that defines us but how we choose to implement what we have learned from this background into our world. I have been through a lot in my life but in spite of all the tribulations that I have had to experience, I remain positive, goal-oriented, and humble. These implementations have saved me from resenting where I am from and the experiences that I have had to go through. The...