I was only 8 years old when I realized that my family and I had officially became homeless and had nowhere to go. At that age I was totally innocent until I witnessed seeing my mother struggle to get what we had left. She had to find a place for her and her 5 kids to lay their heads at night. We first stayed for 3 nights and 4 days at Best Western Motel until my mother got a hold of a shelter. Sleepless …show more content…
Which is where I adapted a strong love for literature, I was always so interested in the stories my teacher read to the class. I felt like reading always kept my mind off my darkness. I took reading to a whole other level, I even won awards and free tickets to see High school musical on ice. The awards was just a bonus, I really felt like reading kept my emotions tamed.
As time passed it was difficult to find apartments in safe areas so my mom began working full-time and I started seeing her less and less. It was basically my older siblings and I caring for each other until mom got home so we all could sleep in peace at night. This became the daily routine for about 8 months until my mother finally found a comfortable apartment for all of us.
Going through this experience not only made me stronger but it also made me value education more. I made a promise to myself that I would continue to go to school and stick through those long nights of mountains of homework and stress. My goal is to get a degree in business and fashion design. In addition,I want to have people in poor/low income communities model my clothing. I’m interested in guiding the less fortunate towards a positive lifestyle and bright future. I want people of shapes, sizes, and gender modeling my clothing and give them a chance to prove that there’s more to them then having label of just living under low