saw how hard my mom worked. Even at a young age, my sister and I knew how she worked to
provide for us, and we did our best to make it easier for her. Seeing my mom work hard motivated me to push my limits and try my best at everything. I dreamt of going on vacations, visiting Disneyland, having a two story house with a wraparound porch and a fish pond – and I knew I needed to do everything I could if I wanted to make that happen. So I became what you call an overachiever. I started second grade at a Catholic elementary school. I made straight A’s, was on the honor roll, and was the undefeated bi-annual art champion from second to 8th grade.
I even won a few science fairs. My fascination with and talent for art really developed in school, even though back then, I thought I was going to be
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anything but an artist. But winning many art contests and being asked to create a design for T-shirts to be sold to the whole school really encouraged me to keep doing art. I graduated from elementary school in 8th grade, as the student of the year, almost equivalent to being valedictorian, but for middle/elementary school.
I decided to enroll in a magnet high school. One of the magnet areas was visual arts; I took my talent for art and really focused on it. I won statewide art competitions and racked up medals for my artworks. I also had my art showcased in an exhibit at the airport and in a permanent display at a bridge in downtown Little Rock. My art even gave me an opportunity to attend Central High School’s 50th anniversary as a VIP. The event was significant in that Central was the high school the famous Little Rock 9, a group of students that made history books, had attended. I won their statewide art contest and was even given an official capital citation for my achievement. At this point I realized there was interest in my artistic talents and that I could use them to make my dreams come true.
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