when I was four I wanted to be a rock star with purple hair and glitter
star with purple hair and glitter
star with purple hair and glitter everywhere but then my parents told me
everywhere but then my parents told me
everywhere but then my parents told me that I couldn’t dye my hair and they
that I couldn’t dye my hair and they
that I couldn’t dye my hair and they said you have a terrible time I cried
said you have a terrible time I cried
said you have a terrible time I cried when my parents burst in my rocks are a
when my parents burst in my rocks are a
when my parents burst in my rocks are a bubble but they’re right I’m tone-deaf
bubble but they’re right I’m tone-deaf
bubble but they’re right I’m tone-deaf I’ve gotten older and I’ve continued to
I’ve gotten older and I’ve continued to
I’ve gotten older and I’ve continued to look for the perfect career I’m the
look for the perfect career I’m the
look for the perfect career I’m the firstborn child to immigrants my parents
firstborn child to immigrants my parents
firstborn child to immigrants my parents came to the United States to give their
came to the United States to give their
came to the United States to give their future children a better life than
future children a better life than
future children a better life than they’ve had they’ve told me that their
they’ve had they’ve told me that their
they’ve had they’ve told me that their lives are pretty rough in Mexico they
lives are pretty rough in Mexico they
lives are pretty rough in Mexico they pushed me and they want me to have a
pushed me and they want me to have a
pushed me and they want me to have a good life I want to make them proud I
good life I want to make them proud I
good life I want to make them proud I want to be successful to not let them
want to be successful to not let them
want to be successful to not let them down that’s why I’ve constantly been
down that’s why I’ve constantly been
down that’s why I’ve constantly been looking for the perfect career but how
looking for the perfect career but how
looking for the perfect career but how to choose I first looked at being a
to choose I first looked at being a
to choose I first looked at being a marine biologists I don’t quite know
marine biologists I don’t quite know
marine biologists I don’t quite know what happened I had a love for animals
what happened I had a love for animals
what happened I had a love for animals and I love to swim I combine those two
and I love to swim I combine those two
and I love to swim I combine those two things and then poof marine biologist
things and then poof marine biologist
things and then poof marine biologist but then my parents told me about some
but then my parents told me about some
but then my parents told me about some of the responsibilities of being a
of the responsibilities of being a
of the responsibilities of being a marine biologist including working with
marine biologist including working with
marine biologist including working with injured animals I can’t even handle a
injured animals I can’t even handle a
injured animals I can’t even handle a drop of blood so working on them and
drop of blood so working on them and
drop of blood so working on them and dissecting them then is not a
dissecting them then is not a
dissecting them then is not a possibility for me then I considered
possibility for me then I considered
possibility for me then I considered being a pediatrician I’ve always felt
being a pediatrician I’ve always felt
being a pediatrician I’ve always felt that as a person I need to help other
that as a person I need to help other
that as a person I need to help other people and being a pediatrician is all
people and being a pediatrician is all
people and being a pediatrician is all about helping other people and making
about helping other people and making
about helping other people and making them happy but then I remember the blood
them happy but then I remember the blood
them happy but then I remember the blood and the big cuts and that’s not me now
and the big cuts and that’s not me now
and the big cuts and that’s not me now I’ve discovered I have an artistic side
I’ve discovered I have an artistic side
I’ve discovered I have an artistic side of me I take great pleasure in carrying
of me I take great pleasure in carrying
of me I take great pleasure in carrying things like models paintings sketches
things like models paintings sketches
things like models paintings sketches and that’s why I found my love for cars
and that’s why I found my love for cars
and that’s why I found my love for cars yes cars now I know that I’m not all
yes cars now I know that I’m not all
yes cars now I know that I’m not all over cars like some of my classmates but
over cars like some of my classmates but
over cars like some of my classmates but I love the way that they’re designed and
I love the way that they’re designed and
I love the way that they’re designed and fabricated I also enjoy math because
fabricated I also enjoy math because
fabricated I also enjoy math because it’s like a puzzle with the missing
it’s like a puzzle with the missing
it’s like a puzzle with the missing piece so you just have to find a
piece so you just have to find a
piece so you just have to find a complete for now I want to be a car
complete for now I want to be a car
complete for now I want to be a car engineer who knows I might change my
engineer who knows I might change my
engineer who knows I might change my mind when I’m older I’ve always felt
mind when I’m older I’ve always felt
mind when I’m older I’ve always felt that
that
that to do what was best for my parents but
to do what was best for my parents but
to do what was best for my parents but then during these last few years I have
then during these last few years I have
then during these last few years I have learned that my parents had different
learned that my parents had different
learned that my parents had different expectations for me they didn’t want me
expectations for me they didn’t want me
expectations for me they didn’t want me to have a certain career path they
to have a certain career path they
to have a certain career path they wanted me to send my own goals of life
wanted me to send my own goals of life
wanted me to send my own goals of life to find what I loved to do to find my
to find what I loved to do to find my
to find what I loved to do to find my passion to believe that I could do it to
passion to believe that I could do it to
passion to believe that I could do it to never be afraid to fail and above all
never be afraid to fail and above all
never be afraid to fail and above all don’t let other people tell me what’s
don’t let other people tell me what’s
don’t let other people tell me what’s going to be in my future because it’s
going to be in my future because it’s
going to be in my future because it’s mine and not theirs in other words they
mine and not theirs in other words they
mine and not theirs in other words they wanted what was best for me my parents
wanted what was best for me my parents
wanted what was best for me my parents wanted these things not just because
wanted these things not just because
wanted these things not just because there were parents but also because they
there were parents but also because they
there were parents but also because they were immigrants they wanted me to have a
were immigrants they wanted me to have a
were immigrants they wanted me to have a life that I love to live thank you
life that I love to live thank you
life that I love to live thank you [Applause]
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