I refused to let fear win. I have lived my life in fear, and I used to allow my anxiety to control my life - until the one day that I didn't. Throughout my life I have lost everyone close to me, leaving me deathly afraid of relationships and unable to trust those around me. My mother is schizophrenic, and was incapable of being a part of my life. My father passed away of lung and throat cancer when I...

While I have experienced many adversities, I choose to use what I have learned from these experiences to grow from them and to motivate myself towards success in my life. Watching my father go through treatments for cancer is one of the major influences towards my decision to go to college and major in nursing. Throughout his time in and out of hospitals, there were many nurses who comforted me, along with my family, and the nurses were much better...

For the past year, I have been serving as Captain of the Prairie View High School JV Dance Team. There is nothing I enjoyed more than dancing with such amazing girls and being able to learn and grow with them. Being Captain of a JV team, you encounter very different struggles than a Varsity Captain would. Especially being on a team filled with teenage girls, sometimes it can be difficult to inspire your teammates and reassure them that they are...

My ultimate career goal is to become a labor and delivery nurse. To do this, I plan on becoming a certified nurse’s assistant to work my way through college, and to graduate with a BSN to become a Registered Nurse. I believe that as a healthcare professional I will be able to make a significant impact on my community. As a CNA, I believe this will be true in that I will be able to assist the elderly with...

I think everyone should take a Religious Studies course while in college! It is a great...

Trust me, you want to work every summer you can, as much as you...

I joined a sorority at my school, because Greek life here...

It's important to set goals for yourself...