Since I was two years old, I have been dancing. I have been involved in lyrical and classical ballet, contemporary, pointe, hiphop, jazz and tap. When I turned 6, I also started gymnastics. In college, I danced and did gymnastics as well as softball and soccer. I loved those sports, but when high school came around I had to choose one and I chose cheerleading. I chose this sport because not only was it an extraordinary team athletically, but also because they were extremely involved in the community. We have held fundraisers for less fortunate children several times and have even been able to interact with them each winter. Being a leader on the cheer squad has taught me so much as we lead the entire student body to show school spirit and respect at football games every Friday night. During my senior year, I decided to get back into dance and tried out for my high school dance team, and I made it! It has been a great blessing for me to demonstrate even more leadership and serve others in our school and community. I took my first job my sophomore year of high school and have kept it ever since. I still work there, Enchanted Beach Weddings. In this profession, I work as a laborer and I am also one of the chief photographers. We have beautiful beach weddings and then I'm responsible for directing them and guiding the bride and groom and everyone else through the wedding. While I'm doing this, I'm also taking the wedding photos. It's a very stressful job to have a couple's wedding experience in your hands and control it, but I've never had a bad experience with it and have the privilege of being a part of a day also important for couples about 75 times a year. Besides this job, I always had a nice job to earn a little extra money through work...... middle of paper ...... hool and work and life in general. I did not strive to do my best in high school and especially in my dual enrollment classes. I never thought about my future and I started to stop coming to class. Once I accepted God into my life Junior Summer, everything changed. I realized I was on a negative path and God helped me change my life. Senior year is going wonderfully so far, my grades are the best they've ever been, and I'm busier than ever with work, school, church, and volunteering. I like it that way, I believe that staying busy forces me to stay on task and accomplish a lot, that's the lifestyle I have to adopt at university. Although that bad patch in high school caused my grades and performance to drop, making it harder to get into college, I'm grateful that it happened so I can learn from it before embarking on a new chapter of my life, hopefully at Auburn University.!