Federal Way is a highly diverse city and community. Further, I have spent the past four years attending one of the most diverse schools in the nation, where everyone with different cultural backgrounds come together with one goal, to graduate high school. There are a variety of cultural aspects of Federal Way as a community that has influenced my growth as an individual. Specifically, within the high school itself, every Monday through Friday I walk the halls to each class knowing that I am not a part of the minority of the school. For example, I come from an Asian family, as both of my parents came to America as immigrants, my father from Vietnam and my mother from Lao. Attending FWHS allows me to feel comfortable about sharing my ethnic
