Alexis Llamas

If you don't learn to write your own story, someone else will write it for you

I am Mexican- American. I am currently enrolled in high school. I'm in my school's track team and do community service at the local library and a science center. Writing, reading and sports are some of my favorite hobbies. I've grown up in what many people call the "ghettoes", however for me this place doesn't really coincide with the meaning people assign to that word. This place is where mama first held me, where I learned to ride a bike, where I had my first love. I look lovingly and gratefully to the ghettoes, my home. So yes, I can say that these aspects of my life have shaped me, however, my job, now, has become to shape the aspects of my life, my community and my world for the better.