My Name

My name is Erica Vargas I am a 24 yr old college graduate student; I attended Brookline College for 9 months. I live with Zach. I was 23 when he took me into his home; I depended on my mother a lot before Zach. My mother liked to move a lot and I didn’t graduate from high school because of that, so when I had an opportunity I left home at 17 and enrolled into job corps in Roswell N.M. I lived there for two years; I struggled to get my GED, I wasn’t getting the help I needed. I did graduate with my trade in Painting & Remodeling. Once I left job corp, I moved back into my mother’s house, she wasn’t doing too well so I had to raise my younger brother and I did, I’m so proud of him and the job I did at raising him. but that wasn’t the life for me, I was young I wanted a better life for myself, I didn’t like staying home. My mom got better and wanted to move, so one day when I was browsing the internet I met Zach, he’s an artist. We would talk hours on the phone and I confided in him, he knew my situation very well and was always there when I needed to talk. We ended up moving to Roswell, we lived there for a year and I had a job and was working so much I never had time to work on my GED, and then my mom wanted to move again so I had no choice but to come with her because I was using her vehicle for work. My mother moved to Belen nm where my grandma lives and I was trying to get a job but no luck so I decided I wanted to go to college, so I enrolled into Brookline college, Albuquerque is a 30 minute drive from Belen I didn’t know how I would transport myself from Belen to Albuquerque everyday but I did it and I struggled doing it. Mom decided to move again and I didn’t want to go with her, I told Zach I can’t just drop out school and leave, I want to stay and better my education I want to establish my career. I love my mom so much but I had to make that choice, whether to be with her or attend school and I did, I chose school. That’s when he offered to help me