Being a registered Native American who grew up on the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians reservation I am able to provide an unique insight into a culture unfrequented by the outside world. This esoteric insight could be very advantageous to Johns Hopkins community as a whole because exceptionally few individuals are ever presented with the chance to learn about such secluded cultures. Growing up on the reservation I became accustomed to a different way of life that limited my exposure to westernized lifestyles. Moving off the reservation was a colossal culture shock but gave me a profound comprehension of the struggles of conforming to a society that contradicted every aspect from my own. Everything from the dialect to mannerism differed in
