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Laws were always understood to me as things that are there to keep us safe. My parents always told me that it is important to follow the law but always listen to your conscious. Laws such as, gay marriage being illegal were never laws I viewed as being important or that they needed to be followed because my conscious told me that gay marriage was ok.

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I remember knowing if my dad had a good or bad day at work the moment he walked in the door. He was either really grumpy or happy and nice. My dad had a stressful job and it definitely affected my family. I think this made me want to pursue an education and career that I knew I truly loved so that I wouldn't feel like I saw my dad feeling.

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Growing up during a recession definitely changed the way I grew up. The great recession caused many people in my life to lose their homes and many teachers at my schools were being pink slipped.

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September 11th happened when I was in kindergarten. I consider this a big part of my chronosystem because it shaped the time that I grew up in. I feel like my childhood was highly focused on fear and being patriotic. This event was so tragic and I believe it made me more anxious as a child.

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Being Catholic was something that was always a part of my life. I was baptized as a baby, went to church every Sunday and even went to catechism Monday nights. I remember resenting this as a kid. I didn't want to go to church and felt like it was something I was forced to do. Now, as an adult I am not very involved in the Catholic church but still take with me some of the values it taught me. I believe to treat everyone with kindness, being generous, and forgiving others. I think these ideals have helped me get through school and some hard times in life because I knew that I was following my ideals and being a good person.

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My family consists of myself, my two sisters and my parents. My parents were very relaxed growing up and trusted me to make good decisions. This trust led me to want to do well in school and other areas of my life for myself. I believe this helped me in life because I was not trying to win my parents affection with grades. My parents always argued with each other but were both always extremely kind and loving to me.

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Social media became more prominent in my life as a teen. I think this was a great way for me to learn more about the world and how different people I would never be able to meet in the real world lived. This also made me anxious and worried that as a young girl I was not as pretty as many of the girls online. I think as a teacher I will be sensitive to this new age with my students. I will understand the great tool social media can be as well as the parts that can be really hard for students.

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As a kid the only media I was allowed to use or was really interested in was TV. I loved watching the Disney channel. I especially liked the funny shows about family life. I think this is when I began to really enjoy comedy. I still love humor and funny TV shows. I think my humor is a big part of me wanting to become a teacher as well.

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My mom is a teacher at an adult school in Whittier, CA. My mom always came home from work with great stories about her students and funny things that happened. I would love getting to go to work with my mom. My mom is so caring and loving to her students and it was so easy to see when I walked in the room. Students would always tell me how much they love my mom and all she does for them. This had a huge impact on me wanting to become a teacher. I saw first hand how many lives my mom touched and it inspired me to have an impact as well.

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I have a very large extended family. At every holiday there was always an abundance of cousins my age to play with. I think playing with my cousins is where I learned a lot of compromise. We all had strong personalities and wanted to do different things. We always came together and had a blast together. I also loved playing with my younger cousins and I thought it was so fun how younger people enjoyed and viewed the world. Looking back, I think this had a big impact on me wanting to pursue a teaching degree.

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Growing up I had a lot of friends from very different backgrounds. Most of my closest friends were Mexican and low SES. I think it was important for me in my life that I made relationships with these people because it helped me understand, appreciate and relate to cultures different than my own.

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I am the youngest of three girls. My older sisters Anna and Allie are very different. Anna is very quiet and great at everything she does, I have always looked up to her. My sister Allie and I have had a harder relationship because she can be difficult to get along with. Anna always inspired me to do well in school and work hard, I learned from Allies mistakes as well which made me want to stay on a good path and not repeat them. As adults, we all now get along but I have a much closer bond with my sister Anna.