Welcome to the second segment of "Meet the Reporter".

Our team of writers at ASU will be writing monthly "Meet the reporters" as an effort to make things fun for our readers and let you get to know us!

Why ASU?

Finances have always been a struggle at home and finances became the biggest barrier of me attending college. Me and my family moved from Jalisco, Mexico to join my dad on the other side and in search of a better future and a better life. When I began school at the age of ten in Arizona, my teachers inspired me to achieve a higher education and everyone said they saw potential in me. During my high school years I began my journey with the idea and mindset that I had to really put in the effort because succeeding meant the opportunity of attending college and becoming the a first generation in my family. My parents didn't attend college they barely finished elementary back in Mexico. My two older siblings also didn't have the opportunity of a higher education.

I began to dream of perhaps shooting out of state opportunities, although it was all going to come down to the school that I would be able to afford. The college dream wasn't well accepted at home at first, as my parents wanted me to choose a more "traditional path" as a Mexican daughter. After a troubled senior year and the end of a toxic romantic relationship, college was my only way out of the reality I was living. Financial aid packages began to arrive and it was time for the college decision, and still needed a stable major to decide on.

I chose ASU because I was awarded as an Obama Scholar. Being top 10% of my senior class and part of their honor roll for three years in a row; I was awarded the Latino Cesar Chavez Scholarship my first year. I began my new journey as a Nutrition major, then Creative Writing (my inner passion) and finally found what I was meant to major in: Communication and I recently added a minor in Media Analysis.

Just a Mexican girl with big dreams, although finances have been a barrier for me; ASU made my dreams possible...