When I was young‚ I was one of those kids who changed their minds on what they wanted to be when they grew up approximately every five minutes. However‚ this changed when I discovered acting. Acting has made me more outgoing‚ less afraid to interact with other people‚ and more empathetic- with the added bonus of being a lot of fun. I discovered the wonders of acting by a small part in a high school production of Willy Wonka. Even though I was just an Oompa Loompa‚ I quickly fell in love with the
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A façade on my face that hid a dark‚ a pain and nightmares filled‚ black hole that was killing me in the inside‚ one day just cracked and the demons of self harming and suicide broke loose in my room. I grabbed a sharp object‚ went to the end of my bed‚ slashed my flesh‚ believing the drained red blood released from my body and dropped was the trauma that came from constant family issues and school bullying. I was a vulnerable mouse trying to run away from the pernicious black cat who had me by the
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miserably at soccer‚ and my experience on the kindergarten basketball team was nothing short of catastrophic. I was far from the avid reader I am today and have needed a tutor in math since I learned how to multiply. It wasn’t that I was particularly bad at all of these things‚ but I used to be so remarkably unambitious that I couldn’t bring myself to commit to anything long enough to become good at it. That was‚ until I was first exposed to the stage. Yes‚ I do realize how cliché this must sound:
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not have a cure. Luckily‚ I was spared the memory of being diagnosed‚ but I often wonder what it would be like if I had been diagnosed later in life. I was diagnosed with Type 1 Diabetes‚ an autoimmune disease that affects the body’s ability to manufacture a hormone called insulin. I have to prick my finger four times a day to get a blood sample to test my blood sugar‚ which wasn’t easy as a toddler at first‚ but eventually I became used to it. From the time I was two till when I was five‚ I had
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I was paralyzed from the waist down. I would try to move my leg or even shift an ankle but I never got a response. This was the first time thoughts of death ever cross my mind. At 12:30 at night on June 1‚ 2015‚ my life would soon change forever. I was pregnant with my first child and my water had just broken. My mom rushed me to the hospital where I was immediately put in a private room‚ in the hospital bed where I was about to deliver my first child‚ a son. He came so quickly (5 & 1/2 hours in
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On February 9th‚2016‚ I was told that I would be expecting my first child. The moment was surreal for me. I never expected to be in a situation as such as a sophomore in college. My life was no longer my own‚ it was being shared by a small human growing inside me. However‚ reality soon set in. I began to realize I wouldn’t have the fairytale pregnancy that every girl dreams of. I did not have the supportive partner that everyone needs in a situation such as this. As a sophomore in college‚ I could
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Tears poured down my face. The tears won’t stop I thought they would never stop. I laid there at night wishing someone would know. Anyone. Someone. But no one ever knew the truth because I didn’t know where they would send me‚ or what would happen to me. Then my alarm clock blared reminding that I had to go to school. I didn’t even sleep at all. But it’s been like that for days. It’s 6 AM time for school. Great‚ another day of pretending like everything’s okay. I put on a bright smile and pretend
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much as I use air. It is something I have always had and basically needed. I use music for many reasons; whether to change my emotion from sad to happy or from happy to excited. Music allows myself to personally experience my past memories and events all over again by being connected
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game to me. Soccer has been consuming my time‚ thoughts‚ and body since my parents signed me up for small-time recreational soccer twelve years ago that developed into extremely competitive travel soccer. They‚ perhaps unknowingly‚ threw me headlong into a life of traveling countless miles‚ long nights of practice‚ and an unforgettable amount of tears‚ sweat‚ and bloodshed. All which persisted over the course of my extensive soccer career. Before you judge my parents for their oppressiveness‚ hear
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being‚ I have had my fair share of challenges to face. My parents were born and raised in Mexico. Being from the type of family both my parents had‚ education was not an option and no importance was taken toward it. They both dropped out of high school and began to work in factories to help their families with financial problems. They realized how hard it was to earn a living and to maintain a family without a proper education. When I was four years old and my sister was nine‚ my parents made the
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