An old survey.

-What are three words that your friends would use to describe you and why?

My friends have always described me as spontaneous, full of life, and compassionate.
I have never asked them why because I try to involve them in all of my adventures and we have stayed close at heart even though they are states apart right now.
I always have programs going on with different non-profit organizations and or with students that I am working with whom are apart my LLC. I am currently a peer advisor for the fine arts department at NMSU. Working with those kids really made me happy.

- List two books that you have read in the past 12 months and briefly describe why they have been meaningful to you.
One which I am currently reading is called “A New Earth Awakening to your Life’s Purpose” by:Eckhart Tolle. I have currently been going through some issues of finding myself and I do believe it is a life time piece of work. I also think it is important to open your mind to others beliefs and values while learning who you are. Another is slightly a smaller read. “Spirits Rebellious” by: Kahlil Gibran and there are various stories of others lives and how they are wrongly accused through life and their very own survival. This book has helped me see the different problems in the world which are possible and has taught me that my life is not the way everyone else’s is lived. There for I am going to school to become an art therapist. To help and do what I can for man kind.
-Many students at CSF have a desire to be change agents in today’s society, be it politics, education, the death penalty, environmental sustainability, or social change through art. If you could change the way society views a particular issue, what would it be?
Discrimination against religious values and beliefs. I would like to get rid of the bias and the internal abuse between the many different sorts of people. Although this may not change I have made a large impact not only on myself, my family and various friends I have felt that I a have also made an impact on those whom have seemed very uneasy about such topics. I feel such conversation should not end in argument nor began there either but to start at a point of just listening and in large groups along with mediation of sorts. I love people and i respect their ways of living and i think such frame of thinking needs to start with empathy and the rest is a giant roller-coaster of understanding and listening.

-What is your favorite quote and why?
I am Not who I think I am, I am not who you think I am, I am who You think I think I am.-Karl Marx This quote has taken me through many loop holes in my life since my middle school years. I first learned of it in my sociology class in the 8th grade. I have learned that finding who you really think you are is a complicated process so all you can try to to do is be true to your self be being compassionate and genuine. Which will lead you away from not knowing who you are and finding that you will learn to know yourself more then others think they may know you.

- As a young person, facing questions of ethics, honesty, and integrity are often challenging. Please share a recent ethical dilemma you faced.

This may be a small ethical dilemma but I fought through it each step of the way. As you know I am a student of NMSU. I was riding in vehicle with a friend of mine. I being the passenger, starts to notice that there is no parking available close to the building.So my friend parks in the handicap and tells me to wait there and make sure he doesn’t get a ticket. Their where only two parking spots available for handicap in front of the school and the other was occupied so I told him that this is not fair to those whom have heart conditions and so on and so forth. We got into a huge argument so instead of allowing him to have his way I told him if he leaves I will leave the vehicle and undoubtedly he would get a ticket because he had no right parking in the spot, he had no disabilities at all. So he eventually moved and as soon as he moved a young handicap person drove up and he realized he was in the wrong.