“All I remembered after the car landing was waking up in a hospital bed with many severe injuries, and my mother arguing with the doctor.” Lisa Santangelo was only about 16 when she got into a severe car accident with her two friends and boyfriend. The one friend sadly passed away a few hours after the accident. Lisa, had three broken ribs, a broken leg and arm, and was in a neck brace. Travis Jacoby, her boyfriend at the time ended up being sued by the kids parents that passed away.…
Only 1.5 % of people will get pancreatic cancer in their lifetime. Unfortunately Diane Schendezos was one of them. Diane was a strong person who inspired people to to give up hate, and be loving. So be lovin gand generous in her honor. Her personality was as hard as a rock but as loving as a puppy, and she had enough tough hope for 5 people.…
Angelina Folino is a freshman at Sammamish high School who was born on December 1, 2001, in Seattle Washington. Folino always lived in the United States. When she was born to the age of three, she lived in Kent then when she was four, she moved to Bellevue. And then When she was the age of seven she lived in Rainier Beach then she lived there for about five years, and when she was twelve, she moved to Tukwila and till know she lives in Tukwila. Since Angelina is a freshman at Sammamish, there are many things that she looks forward to each day. Her favorite class is AP Hug, which she described as the “bomb. Com”, in an interview with Simran Kaur, who is also a student at Sammamish. However, that is not all; Angelina also loves playing sports like Basketball, soccer, indoor soccer,…
Carmelita Who is a Mexican singer was brought to New York by Denis from Jalisco Mexico. The purpose of bringing Carmelita to New York was to sing. But was that really the reason? or did Denis liked Carmelita since the moment he saw her? Yet Carmelita had been proud of being Latina and she wanted Latinos to be the best in the sports that were occuring in New York. So she attended as many sports events as possible the day before her audition and she was cheering for Latinos to win and having fun not thinking about the consequences for the next day. Carmelita dint do so well in the audition and Denis was going to send her back to Mexico, but Carmelita wasn't going to let that happen so she went to a Mexican restaurant and was offered a job as a singer for the restaurant and she excitedly accepted the job. She performed that night at the restaurant and Denis was there with other friends and his fiancé. Denis fiancé wasn't as excited to see Carmelita performance, but one of Denis friends thought that she would be perfect for promoting his new perfume business and said he would like to contract Carmelita. Denis as a business man he agreed not only for the money he would be able to generate, but was that the only reason he accepted? I'm confident to say that he…
Vicki Gunvalson has always been a fan favorite. The reality show star has been with Bravo since the beginning of the franchise and the viewers have watched her good days and her bad days too. Apparently, she doesn’t mind sharing her life with the fans, but she is keeping an eye on the new cast members that sign on to “The Real Housewives of Orange County.” According to Yahoo News on Tuesday, Vicki Gunvalson fears that every new cast member has a motive and their first priority could be to rip her apart.…
Ellen Ochoa was the first female Hispanic astronaut. She was born on May 10, 1958, in Los Angeles, California. Her parents were Joseph and Roseanne Ochoa. Ellen’s father left when she was young and her mother had to raise five children between the ages of six and sixteen by herself. Out of the five children, Ochoa was the third and had one sister and three brothers. Because of her mom pushing them to be involved with music by playing instruments, Ellen played flute and was very passionate about it. In school, Ellen had straight A’s and graduated high school as valedictorian of Grossmont High School, in La Mesa, California. She felt education was really important and that’s what made you stand out.…
The most destructive of all emotions, jealousy, can cause a person to enact revenge on the…
Jennifer Audrey Coolidge is an American actress and comedian. She was born in Boston, Massachusetts and brought up in Norwell, Massachusetts. She has a brother, Andrew and two sisters, Elizabeth and Susannah. She did her schooling from Norwell High School. She did BA in theatre from Emerson College. She later joined the American Academy of Dramatic Arts which is situated in New York City.…
Marisol Bonachea was born in Cuba in the province of Santa Clara on March 24, 1964. Marisol came to the United States in April of 1992. In July 1996 she graduated from Hudson County Community College with an associated degree on liberal arts. In May of 2000 Marisol graduated from Rutgers University with a bachelor's degree in psychology. While attending Rutgers University, she became a member of the Golden Key Honor Society. Marisol then went to Kean University where she worked towards her master's degree in school counseling. Marisol worked in the first years of coming to this country as a kitchen aid. Later, after learning the language stared working for the Perth Amboy Board of Ed as a substitute teacher. In 1998, she began to work for a…
One of the delightful and appealing women of the industry who is professionally working as American theatre and TV actress is Erica Tazel. The Texas beauty took the attention of the public by portraying character Rachel Brooks in the television hit series, Justified. Not surprisingly, Tazel has wholly won over her fans.…
Kayleen Soto, despite having a rather melancholy life, has conquered any problem that stood in her way and has evolved into a strong, brave, and respectable young woman. Kayleen’s legacy begins on August 3, 2002 at Denville Hospital in New Jersey in which her mother, Mirella Soto, gave birth to a baby girl with chocolate colored hair and eyes, and tan skin. Kayleen is the middle child of the Soto family, the oldest being her 16 year old sister, Destiny, and the youngest is her 9 year old brother Henry. Kayleen’s name was the first one Mirella saw on a baby naming website and thus, that’s how her name was decided.…
To say that Ronald Cotton’s experience represents the worst of the American Criminal Justice system is an understatement, he is proof of the countless bumps and flaws it endures. If there was anything Jennifer Thompson was sure of after her attack was that she would put her attacker behind bars and make sure he would never assault another woman again. So while being raped she decided to take mental notes on her attacker that would later help her identify him to the police. After helping put together a sketch of her rapist with the police she was asked to come in for a photo lineup and a physical lineup. That is when she identified Ronald Cotton, an innocent man, as her rapist, saying she was “absolutely certain” it was him. Thompson was then…
Nettie Holliday Thompson was interviewed in South Carolina on July 20, 1994. Nettie was born in Brunswick, Georgia January 24, 1912. Nettie states in her interview, “We didn’t have too much of a problem during segregation because we was so tied up and mixed up.” (Thompson, 1994) Jim Crow laws nearly changed the way colored people lived their life on a daily, by segregating schools, restrooms, transportation, parks, restaurants, and much more. (Rocky Mountain PBS, 1996-2010) Thompson remembers living in a mixed community, her neighbor's next door were white. For as long as she could remember everyone got along and were cordial to each other. They went to separate schools one for white and one for people of color also they had separate drugstores…
Sara Teasdale is an American lyrical poet born in St. Louis, Missouri in 1884. Throughout her childhood and adulthood, she suffered from many illnesses. This caused her to be homeschooled until she was well enough to be put in school, which finally came at the age of nine. Teasdale finished school in 1903 after going to three different schools and battling many more illnesses along the way. She was an accomplished writer of poetry shortly after finishing school and she has had many poems published to multiple different sources. Her poems have also been used as lyrics for many choral pieces and she has won awards for her collection of poems entitled “Love Songs”. At Sara’s funeral, her mother spoke of how Sara always loved reading poetry and looking at anything beautiful, so she was amazing at taking those beautiful things she saw and turning them into poetry.…
There are only two types of authors; those whose literary works are dull and emotionless, and those whose works are filled with compelling, fiery, tear-jerking feuds and emotions. Amy Tan is an author that goes under second one. Amy Tan affected America by writing about her views of mother daughter relationships; her inspirational life, interviews, and being able to live with Lyme Disease; and she also plays apart in the entertainment industry.…