Over the past eighteen years of my life, many events have contributed to the person that I am today. I was born and raised in a small urban North Carolina town, where my friends and family mean everything to me. Not only does family hit home to me, it has a great impact on the woman that I am becoming and have yet to become. I was fortunate enough to grow up under one roof with two supporting parents, along with my grandparents in the same town. Through the many years of dance, reckless teenage decisions, and big college dreams, they have always had my back with any decision that I made. My life always seemed so easy until one day, my world came to a standstill. My grandmother passed away after her fight with heart disease. When I heard the
