A Little bit about Myself
My name is Andrea Marie Torres. I am seventeen years old, and a senior at Sanger High School, which is located in Sanger, CA. I enjoy spending my free time cooking, baking, singing, and reading. Whenever their is time, I enjoy spending it with family and friends. I love to travel to new places, and am found to be an adventurer at heart. One of my favorite places to go to would be the beach, If I cold I would be there every day. So whenever my family has the chance we take it.
I grew up in a house of ten people, so I learned that in order to stand out you must be yourself, and push yourself to be the best you can be in order to succeed. I hope to be the first four year college graduate, from my family, and be a positive influence on my younger siblings, and family members. My aspiration in life is to become a Registered Nurse at a Children's Hospital. I first realized that I wanted to become a Registered Nurse my freshman year of high school, when my very close aunt who is more like a sister to me, became pregnant. |
After having her first born baby girl the doctors informed my aunt that the baby suffered from a very rare disease called, Langerhans Cell Histecytosis. Although her disease isn't classified as a Cancer, it is treated like one. So for months our family was in and out of the Valley Children's Hospital with my baby cousin for her chemotherapy. I ended up meeting a lot of children who stayed in the hospital for days, and sometimes weeks, and after talking to their parents and hearing their stories I realized that I wanted to be able to help children, and families like theirs. My many visits to see my baby cousin at the hospital would have to be the reason why I feel like being a nurse is meant for me, and if I can go out into the world and help people live better both physically, and mentally I would say that I had lived a very fulfilling life, and that I have lived up to my potential. |
Above is a slideshow showing some of my family, our trips to the beach, my baking skills, my days volunteering, and my cousin and her days spent in the hospital after chemotherapy.
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