The "Why" Behind the Journey

This week I shared a personal post on my personal Instagram page..I thought I would share here as well…

My parents said I could be anything I wanted to be as long as I worked hard...I saw them work long hours in poultry plants, construction, landscaping, cleaning homes, and selling at la pulga. They were just trying to make it and make sure we had everything we needed.

When I was young I wanted to be in gymnastics, I wanted to dance, cheer, and do dance routines...I didn't get to do any of that. Post curricular activities were too expensive and my mom didn't know how to drive (and my dad was always out of work late). I begged my mom for a blue mat and once she bought it, I taught myself to do a cartwheel until I mastered it. I recruited my cousins for dance routines and we used towels to pretend they were skirts. We performed for my family and I was always so excited to show them my choreographed routine. On family visits to Mexico, my aunt would teach me new dances and we'd all go to b…