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Hurricane Katrina was a  Category 5, hurricane that caused over 1,800 deaths and $125 billion in damage.

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I was born two months early

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I don't know the date, but after being in the same foster home, the same family adopted me.

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I begged my mom to let me go to school with my siblings and really had a craving to learn

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Obama was elected in 2009-2017

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In 2015 the U.S. Supreme Court cracked down on all state bans on same-sex marriage and legalized it in all fifty states.

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I really struggled in school and had behavior problems as a kid, in 5th grade I was tested for FASD. this helped me and my teachers understand me better and help me get resources.

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In 2016 the movie, Hidden Figures, was released. An American biographical film about three black women who worked at NASA during the space race.

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during 5th grade i started processing my adoption and my background. my biological family isn't in the picture so i have never known my ethnic background.  i don't identify with any racial label past calling myself a person of color of unknown origin.

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each year of middle school I went to a different school. before I started 6th grade I cut off 22 inches of hair and started getting bullied for being perceived as gay

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for 7th grade I attended a mental health day treatment center, I realized I was trans and got help for things I had been struggling with. I learned a lot and got an insight into other people's lives

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during treatment, i also was diagnosed with a trauma disorder(PTSD) and an anxiety disorder (GAD) this helped me understand my thoughts and mannerisms and how my brain will function for the rest of my life

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This is an important moment in my life, when I met my chosen family, this family took me in and treated me very well. I started spending weekends with them and planing vacations with them. unlike my adoptive family, they want to be in my future and help me get on my feet, I believe they will be lifelong people in my life. when I turn 18 my adoptive mom doesn't want me living with her, and I am unsure if I can finish high school, but I know they will be there

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For my freshmen year of high school, I was home-schooled, I have at-risk family members. this year I am doing 279online cause I am in a level 4 program and we don't want to be in an in-person school unless I can get into a level 3. I did not think for my first two years of high school I would be doing it from home

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Advances in technology to build a car that can sense its environment and drive itself with little to no human input, an idea first made into a reality in 1958 by Norman Bel Geddes