There are many people who have influenced the world, our community, and each and everyone of us. The person I have chosen isn’t famous. She isn’t known around the world. Even many people in our community don’t know her by name. This amazing person is Andrea Smith. Andrea came to our school in first grade. She was different than all of us and many people were afraid of her because they had never seen anyone like her. I felt an odd pull to her and wanted to be around her all the time. I knew she was different and I liked that. I didn’t have any friends at the time that were girls. I really had only guy friends so I was excited to have a female friend. Little did I know that she would change my point of view of people and my career path. Eventually
