In my early years, I would follow my dad around outside, as he worked on projects around the property. Whether it is fixing a fence, maintaining the trails, or chopping wood, I was almost always helping. This came in handy down the road.
I went to High School at Toutle Lake. On my first day, I met my best friend at recess. I was walking around, doing something, and Curtis came over and said, “Hi, I’m Curtis. Want to be friends?” I’ve had other friends come and go, (most of my friends moved away), but Curtis has always been by my side. When I heard about the Running Start program, I was excited about it. Instinctively, I told my best friend about it, and now we both attend Lower Columbia College.
Over a year ago now, I was visiting my grandparents in Salem, and I got a call from my dad. Long story short, my dad had a new girlfriend, and she and her two kids had moved into my house. I came back home to Washington and moved into a women’s shelter in Longview for a couple months so I could continue school at