Everyone wants to think that when they grow up, they will be  married with a lot of kids and they will have a lot of money and live  in a mansion. I’m not saying that won’t happen, but I don’t know for sure that  it will. Looking back on my life, I would have never imagined being where I am right now. I had never heard of  the University of Delaware until 2 years ago when I was trying to figure out what I wanted to major in. I saw myself being a cheerleader until I couldn’t possibly do it anymore. I have achieved so much more than I could have even dreamed of when I  was a kid. But, I still have hopes and dreams for myself in the future. 

I want to be successful like my parents. I want to  be able to have a family and not worry about how I am going to get my  next meal for my family. I also want to have a big family. Not just a lot of kids, but a lot of in-laws and family friends. I am  an only child, so I could sometimes get lonely. I also don’t have that big of a family. I don’t speak to my father’s side of the family very much. They didn’t get as fortunate in life as my father did. My mom only  has one brother and she doesn’t talk to him much. I don’t have a lot of cousins either. I get jealous of kids with big families who have a lot of family friends and their families are very close. That’s what I want for my children. They deserve to have a lot of aunts, uncles, cousins. I want  them to call my best friends “Aunt Adriana” and “Aunt Kellie” like I do with my mom and dad’s best friends. 

Asfor my job, I want to work with makeup. I’m currently an environmental science major, but who knows what I will be in the next year or so.  But, with my current major, I want to work in a makeup lab. I want to get rid of animal testing and prevent alergic reactions to makeup. I want to make a formula that prevents acne that actually works. I want future generations of women to not have to worry about getting acne while trying to cover it up. And I want this job to make me successful. I want it to help me care for my big family without  having to rely on my future husband. I want my kids to have siblings that they can count on. I want my kids to fight and make up. I want them to steal eachothers clothes and then find their clothes in the other’s closet and get mad. But at the end of the day, I want them to know that they have a big family that they can rely on if they get into a fight with their friend, or get their heart broken, or are just having a bad day. 

I don’t have a single clue about what my life is going to be like. All I know is that it will be good. I don’t want a giant house where I walk around for 10 minutes and find a different room at every turn. I want a loving, big, warm family that I can count on and that can count on me. And I know I will have that if I continue to work hard.