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Perpetuating Good, That Lats, in the Community That I am Apart Of (Thanks, HPU)

This is my personal statement that I wrote to HPU. I'm actually proud of this piece. I really put my heart into it. I will do my best to be honest and fair, friendly and helpful, considerate and caring, courageous and strong, responsible for what I say and do, respect myself and others, use resources wisely, make the world a better place, and be a sister to every girl scout. Since the first time I recited the Girl Scout Law I’ve made it my goal to live by these morals. As a young girl the words really stuck with me. I thought, “Why can’t we all live by this?” I felt as though I had a valuable secret and I wanted to share it. Right around the age I started Girl Scouts I took my first trip to Sea World San Diego. This was another life changing experience for me. I vividly remember walking through the shark tunnel fascinated by these alien creatures dancing in the waters above me. I looked up at my Dad, pointing at a scuba diver cleaning algae off the walls, and said, “ I’m going

Three Important People...just three? That's not fair.

I consider myself lucky to find this assignment so challenging. I have many amazing people in my life; past and present. Relevance varies depending on which aspect of my life I am examining, career goals, personal values, school success, or extra curricular projects.             I can think of one person who has been there for all of it, I’m sure some of you have guessed already, my Mommy. She is one of the most beautiful people I know. She’s five feet and two inches full to the brim of passion, compassion, spunk, adventure, courage, experience, and knowledge. My Mom is 41 as of March of this year but acts closer to a 30 year old in the best ways possible. She has shoulder length brown hair but you may find it at her lower back if she is growing it out to donate it to cancer patients. She tells me if I look closely at her grey hairs I can see descriptions on them; the day I got my license, the day I started high school, the day I told her I was leaving to Hawaii for college, the day