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Always keeping the Star Wars realm in my heart along with Disney's and Harry Potter's world a playground, its easy to keep my inner child happy and loved even through the hardships of single parenting.

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Growth mindset is to continue to raise my children and dig into the autism field to know how to exactly help my 4yr old son, I also would love to continue to run to continue to relieve stress and work toward the mental health field as a registered nurse. Disneyland will always be a part of our lives with my 4 yr old and his autism. Its his favorite place in the world so to be able to continue to provide that will help relieve stress as well. Powwow dancing is a huge part of my core in who I am as an Indegenous woman and participating and evolving into a older woman who carries the teachings will also help my growth mindset.

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Journal:Understanding and Recognizing Them. 

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Journal:Understanding and Recognizing Them. 

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I was unable to attend San Juan College after a long year suspension and prior to that a academic probation sentence. I had quit my job at the hospital to tackle school full time so I put myself out there to appeal and go into detail as to why I was not successful. That amount of sincerity and honesty was hard but I allowed myself to be vulnerable with my actions yet also be OK with the outcome that my appeal may be denied. When I received the email I was at three rivers restaurant dining. While I got this news I immediately felt tears of happiness and wanted to go hug everyone which is very unusual for me.  I felt freedom from letting that hardship out and be ok. I rejoiced even more when I was able to register and prove to myself that I could succeed if I put my mind and heart into it.

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Growing up I was a victim and I believe it has been a bad habit that I cant shake off. My goal is to discard the bad habit and immediately seek the creator language. For example, when I couldn’t get the proper classes I wanted this semester, I was given options I did not like. I immediately went into the advisor's to protest and get upset but told myself to give them a chance to explain. When they explained why I had to take specific courses especially this one, I was so upset but I left trying to not outburst or be to upset. I took some time to think about it and thought I am lucky I even get a second chance at my education, I need to see where I am at and focus on now, there is nothing I can do but follow the proper guidelines and work for the A’s as well.

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Different from past culture to now.......
In the spring of 2013 I attempted 15 credit hours for spring, at the time I was a single mother of two children who were 6 and 11 years old. In my previous experience with San Juan College I did horrible with education. I was one of those students who took full advantage of financial aid then would disappear as soon as the Pell grant and loans were given to students. In 2013 I was in financial debt with my student loans which coincidently hindered my educational goal I had set for myself and my little family. Moving to Albuquerque for an education that was in limbo was a hard reality. At my previous college in Albuquerque and San Juan College in the early 2000’s I felt like the educators did not expect students to attend class regularly nor to complete all the assignments as well. In the bigger city it seemed more like I was just another student attending classes. The energy and attitude seemed to be “well she paid for her education, its up to her if she wants to make the most of it”. This has changed tremendously for San Juan College which is amazing! I feel like the educators care more deeply about the success a student can achieve. I fully take advantage of any extra credit I can get my hands on, which always comes with a deeper learning on the various topics and issues that are being discussed. The educators always seem to take note who is actively participating as well.

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The Book One Community conference presentation based on Standing Rock Protests took time and effort to get it prepared. Obtaining interviews and reliable academic sources was the challenge. Presenting on behalf of a nation who has prided themselves in their culture was taken in a delicate matter yet it was fun! Managing the time and effort was a success!

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I am guided by my heart and intuition. If I feel like dancing and singing I will twirl and express myself with spirit. One life goal I have is to sit on my deck while I am an old woman and remember all the fun, crazy, exciting, spiritual and creative experiences I have had near and far while drinking my lemonade watching each sunset go down.

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This semester I had made amazing connections with the Native American Center. There were occasions where I needed to clear my mind and emotions. I would make myself Navajo Tea and use the director's Sweetgrass to smudge myself and clear the mind and heart.

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I had the pleasure of working with Evan who is an academic coach. We enjoyed visiting about everything and he was a tremendous support with my academic struggles. With our last two meetings we played basketball at HHPC which was awesome! :)

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Otter looks for an opportunity to do as much as he can but be accessible to his family. He manages priority and sometimes does homework the day before its due which in his terms is “living on the edge”. Otter also feels like he could find a better way to manage his time and right now he believes it is currently working but “if it comes to the point that it affects my school work, I will have to change it” is what his mind frame is. Currently Otter has classes Tuesday and Thursday’s, so immediately after class he drives home and figures out what to do when he immediately gets home and what work to do while he stayed at the college all day on Wednesday and Friday’s. He designates a day on the weekend to continue to do the work at a comfortable pace that he is happy with.

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Reflecting on the end of this semester has been bittersweet. I have enjoyed my professor's knowledge that was shared and those who eagerly were learning. The professors showed qualities on staying humble, especially with those who weren't fast to understand. The hustle of making education a priority and everyday life will forever be embedded in my mind. I'm sad I wont see such beautiful spirits everyday but also thankful.