As minorities, my family and I resemble ants. We try not to get stepped on, we fight to bring home the most we can, and we constantly prove ourselves to be incredibly strong. Neverending challenges threaten to defeat us, but with the support of our community, we are ready to overcome them. Being a minority placed several obstacles on my path. I’m easily unnoticed, belittled, and underestimated. As a young hispanic woman, being stereotyped is not something unfamiliar to me. I constantly struggled with people’s expectations of me, and I constantly have to remind society that I am just as strong, smart, and capable as others. When society looks at me, they think the worst of me. I’m seen through stereotypical an judgemental eyes. When television
