About the author

I am a 16 year old girl in her junior year of high school. I grew up with many hobbies. I have danced, swam, sang, acted, and even played an instrument. I didn't keep up with all of them but I did learn a lot from being in those programs. The ones that I am still currently in are dance and swimming. I have always been saturated with many things all at once. I didnt even include the academic programs that I am in. The point that I am going with is that people always ask me how do I manage to do everything? If I'm being honest It has so much to do with my family. I come from a big Mexican family with lots of cousins that support me. I wouldn't be able to be here if it weren't for my supportive family. They taught me so many things in life. I wanna specifically talk about my mother who taught me two very important things: peace and patience. Those two things I have been able to implement into my writing over the years. My first recollection of writing was when I was 3 years old, barely learning how to pick up a pencil. I remember being frustrated at the fact that I couldn't hold the pencil right or make my name look nice like how my mom would do it. At the time I could barely trace the letters on a printed hand book. But what happened was that over time the more I practiced the better I got at writing. Holding a pencil didn't feel like a struggle anymore. To think that I came from struggling to write my own name to writing essays and a whole book is a pretty great accomplishment. My three year old self would look at me now with awe.