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Story of My Life and Education Career

By zavelar
  • Birthday

    I was born on October 9, 1992
  • 3 years old

    I was hospitalized, because I was not able to walk after I had already learned. The doctors diagnosed me with Attaxia which is impaired coordination. It was temporary and I am okay now.
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    Kindergarden

    I honestly don't remember much about my baby years, but at the age of 6 I began kingergarden at Benito Martinez Elementry in Fort Hancock Texas. I was older than my classmates, because my birthday is in October and I lost a whole school year.
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    4th Grade

    I won my first science fair.
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    6th Grade

    I began going to Fort Hancock Middle School.
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    7th Grade

    I became a cheerleader which was something I had always wanted. I also started playing volleyball, basketball, and tennis.
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    8th Grade

    I graduated middle school and got my first fancy cell phone. It was a pink razr.
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    9th Grade

    I started high school at Fort Hancock High School in Fort Hancock Texas. I turned 15 years old and had a huge quincenera, and continued to be a playing sports and being a cheerleader.
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    10th Grade

    I took the accuplacer to begin taking college credit courses my junior year.
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    11th Grade

    I started taking dual credit classes, because I passed my accuplacer. My class also won 1st place in the decoration of the float for the homecoming parade.
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    12th Grade

    I prepared myself for graduation. Continued taking dual credit classes. I graduated Valdictorian of Fort Hancock High School earning 22 college credits.
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    Freshman Year in College

    I started college at the University of Texas at El Paso. Still unsure of what career I would pursue I started taking basics. I lost my grandfather my first semester which made it very difficult for me, and ended up dropping one of my classes. My second semester I went El Paso Community College I decided to pursue a degree in radiology.
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    2nd Year in College

    I continued to seek my radiology degree and started getting my papers ready to apply to the program to be able to start in the fall of 2013. I was not able to apply, because I had to retake the accuplace and I could not pass them in time to apply in spring of 2013. So to not waste time in waiting I switched my major to Nursing.
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    3rd Year in College

    I started my nursing prerequisites course in fall of 2013. I knew I had long ways to go, but I had made up my mind and I wanted to become a Registered Nurse. In Spring of 2014, I started debating whether to apply to the nursing program at UTEP or at EPCC. I decided UTEp and I went to take the TEAS test and did not pass on my two tries I had for that year. So I had to wait a whole year before taking it again. So in Summer of 2014, I decide to apply to the program at EPCC.
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    4th Year of College

    Fall of 2014 I was almost ready to apply at EPCC, but started considering the nursing program at Texas Tech University in El Paso Texas. I looked into it and saw it was a better opportunity. So went to an advisor at Texas Tech and they told I only needed 3 other course to apply. I took the courses during Spring and Summer 2015 and applied and took the Hesi passed it and applied. I got accepted in Summer of 2015 to the Gayle Greve Hunt School Of Nursing at Texas Tech Univerisity In EL Paso Texas.
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    5th Year of College

    I started the nursing program. It was gonna be tough, and this first semester of nursing school was not what I expected. I began to fail something I was not used to. I did 3 clinical rotations and decided to withdraw from the program. Decide this was not for me. I took my first big break from college to think on what I really wanted to do. It was a tough patch I went through, but time off really helped get things straight. Summer of 2016 I decide to major in Education.
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    6th Year of College and On

    It has been a roller-coaster, but I plan to graduate with a degree in Education in about 2 years. I love little kids so I majored in EC-6 Generalist. I hope to one have my own classroom and make a difference in kids lives. I am sure I will love such a rewarding job of being a teacher in the near future.