Personal Narrative: I Am Devon

I am Dominica Ramsey, but I prefer to go by Nica. I was born on January 2, 1997, in Houston, Texas. The church I grew up in is Heart of Faith International Fellowship, located just down the street from Refuge Temple. My family left that church when I was in fourth grade, and we began attending Greenspoint Baptist Church for three years before returning to Heart of Faith. I currently attend Sam Houston State University, where I'm completing my prerequisites to enter their nursing program in the Woodlands. As of right now, I don't have one role model to list, so instead I'll list the people on my #squadgoals list; inspired by a t-shirt I saw on Instagram (on their list is Ruth, Mary, Esther, and Sarah). On my #squadgoals list, I have Jesus, Elijah,

Starting high school can be a little scary, especially when you have no guidance from siblings, like me, being the first one from my family to have an education. But that did not stop me from succeeding, I?ve always been confident and determined. I?m an enthusiastic when it comes to trying new things. Who would have thought I was going to be a good athlete plus a book geek, when in my past years I was just a regular kid. I was pretty excited about joining a club that had a connection with high school, that way I didn?t have to start from zero, I always want to be a step ahead. Fortunately, in summer, a high school coach was recruiting freshmen for running either cross country or track, they both involve running, so I considered it like the same sport with different timing. And this is when it all started. Running

“ When you want something, all the universe conspires in helping you to achieve it. (Paulo Coelho).” Hi! I am Daniel Arciniega. I was born in Mexico, Veracruz. At the age of fourteen, I moved to the United States with my mother, a single mother who struggled her way up to raised me and prepare me the man I am today. At the age of fifteen, I attended Glencliff Comp High School in Nashville, TN from 2000-2005. After graduation, I moved to Tulsa, OK in search of a new change and hoping to possibly be accepted at any college in Oklahoma. Unfortunately, due to my citizenship status I was unable to enroll and continue my higher education. Eight years later, I was granted DACA with new possibilities to pursuit a career; however, the possibilities

Jesus Christ who many say is the son of God was crucified. If Jesus came back to earth in 1499 C.E. what would he think of “Christianity”? Although nobody would actually know how he would feel, we can assume that he wouldn’t be all that happy with what has come to be “Christianity”. In other words, Jesus would most likely be disappointed with most of the things that occurred within the period he was crucified to the time he came back. But I believe he would find some things that are good and bad. Some of the events that he would say are bad is the Malleus Maleficarum, Gnosticism, and the Crusaders. One thing that he would probably say that is good is the Council of Chalcedon.

I’m Kayden Trod. I was in the 9nth grade when I died. Yes I know it’s impossible for me to talk to you, but I’m actually only half dead. I’m not a zombie, mummy, or a vampire, but an angel. I’m not just any angel, I’m a guardian angel. It all began on Thursday, September 13. I was sitting in my bedroom listening to my favorite Blink 182 song when I heard my mom yell. I quickly ran downstairs to get to her. She was lying on the floor holding her right eye. Standing over her was my drunken stepfather Frank. “You deserve that you fat pig.’’ He said spitting on her. I quickly helped my mom up and moved her so she wasn’t close to Frank. “You’re drunk, please leave.’’ I said trying to sound stern. “I ain’t leaving, it’s my house!” He yelled in my face. He was

Have you ever wondered who people are? If you want to understand who I am you have to know a few things. You need to understand where I’m from, what I like, and my siblings.

Who am i? I am an individual who has achieved many goals despite a childhood and adolecense with much adversity. I grew up I Santa Clarita, California my child hood was realativley normal . My grandmother mary died, when I was 7 and my mother started drinking heavily . By the time I was 11 she was a raging alcoholic and was depressed most of the time. I was helpless, at the same time my father became a drug addict. As a result of her alcoholism my mother contacted cirrhosis and when I was 13 she passed away. I was devastated and too young to lose my mother.

My identity can be defined by moments in my life. Moving to Canada, learning English and going to high school are three major moments in my life. Going through these experiences have changed the person in me and made me more confident, stronger, better in everything.

Culture and identity are inextricably linked concepts. Identity is formed by your culture and in turn your identity shapes the respective cultures of the groups you identify with. I belong to many different cultural groups, and my identity is a complex web of competing and conflicting beliefs, experiences, and characteristics. My identity is not only complex, but also dynamic, as the experiences I have change who I am.

My Identity connects to my culture because it describes the way I look and the point of view I have on certain topics. My culture is the Native American tribe, Wampanoag and I am also Mexican. I have some facial features and body structures from both sides of the family like: most of my family has brown or black hair, we are taller than the average human, and our faces have an oval shape. Some topics that my family has taught me from both sides of the family is, family always sticks together and always comes first, and If you see bad things going on in the world, always try to help and do whats right. From my Dad’s side of the family, I learned tons about survival skills and on my Mom’s side I learned a lot about traditions. An example from

In my family I am considered the artistic one, I love music and art. For me a quiet night at home would find me relaxing on the couch drawing as I watch netflix. My dream job would be to write and illustrate my own book. When I grow up the quality I would most like to emulate from my father, is his work ethic. He is one of the hardest working people I know. The best thing about my mom is how she deals with problems. SHe always reminds me to remember that people are always more important than the problem you face. I hope to handle my problems the same way.

Identity is what I believe the thing that makes up all human beings. Everybody has an identity, some just aren't as brisk to comprehend what it is or what it means. Identity is generally what someone's traits make up and in my case, I believe I am benevolent, venturesome, and optimistic. Some of the qualities I consider myself to have are not what I would have considered myself to be last year. I believe life lessons that someone undergoes can change their identity and the way they come off drastically.

These items are not just stuff that you eat or drink,to me they are memories who represent who I am.I use to live with my grandparents when I was little. They always made ramen on the weekends. I will always eat with my cousin and we will always get full. Sometimes my parents and other family members come to eat with us but not all the time. I feel like it brought our family together.Coffee doesn't really sound like its apart of my identity but it is. The reason why is because I started drinking coffee last year that year i was at a different school. When i drink coffee i start to remember the good times i had last year. I had a lot of good moments last year. I always buy coffee after school then i get on the bus and that was always the best part of my days i when i drink coffee i remember going into that bus and how i made a new friend on that bus.

The environment around me has molded me into the man I am today together with its strenuous experiences and jubilant moments. In addition, those memories have created a blazing ambition to become a more intellectual and compassionate individual. Next, my community and certain individual have thought many fundamental aspects that completely changed on how to view this world today. For instance when I study martial arts under Sensei Deanna Bivins, she trained me to become more self disciplined no matter the path that lies before me. Furthermore, the number one person that has carefully raised and taught me almost everything I know is my father. My father has educated me around one concept “Don’t do unto others what you don’t want others do unto you” and because the golden rule was always so close to my heart, I have always grasped the idea of being kind to others. Similarly, I think being involved in my community not only

Predicting the exact date of my death is impossible . Anything can occur at second in our lives .To be completely accurate , I will pass out in 2070. This means that the age of my death would be when I'm sixty-six . After so many years gone by , I would be living in different countries due to company's affairs. By that time , would probably have lived in England for about a year , and then back to the United States . Having most of the things, and traveling all to every corner of the world, I would be driving an aircraft . I believe my death would be caused due to an airplane crash . The crash would probably occur due to an engine failure , or the dereliction of the hydronic systems . My aircraft would be capacious holding three hundred