I have lived in the mid-sized town of El Monte my entire life. My town is small enough for you to know people from all over, yet large enough to have its own mall and movie theater. Born and raised in the same city is what my life consists of, I do not know what it is like to live outside of this city for more than two weeks. In my community, you find that an abundance of people are...

A personal quality that I feel best describes me is determination. Determination for me, means getting up every morning thinking of ways to better myself. Entering high school, beyond academics, I had a passion for both volleyball and cheerleading. Volleyball is a fall sport and cheerleading is a year-round sport. I knew taking on two sports at the same time meant getting home from school at 8 o'clock, leaving little time to do school work, home chores, and zero personal time. ...

I applied for the Cal Grant, scholarships, and also took out loans. If...

I believe my well-roundedness set me apart...

I love the atmosphere at my school....

The best summer occupation would probably...

I chose my university based off of three...

Before I enrolled into the University of California Riverside, I had...