Dancing, singing, art, and music are big things that have always been part of my life and have helped me develop into the person I am today. I had always been into the arts for as long as I can remember. When I was two years old, I started getting into drawing and I remember that my first drawing was of my father and me. I had drawn it for my dad as a present for Father's Day, and if you were to look at the picture, the drawing of me doesn't exactly look too much like me (because I always had a hard time drawing myself), but if you look at the drawing of my dad, the image actually does resemble him.

Even from a young age I was using art as a way of expression. I would take an image and draw it the way I saw it. What's funny is that I not only do that with drawing, but I honestly do that with everything and everyone around. I've always thought that I have a different way of seeing things.

Another thing that started for me at the age of two was singing. My mom has always told me that at that age whenever my grandma would call the house I would sing to her over the phone in an opera voice and she would back to me with her musically talented voice. Now granted I don't sing opera anymore; I'm more into the type of music you hear on the radio, but I don't think there will ever be a moment in my life when I'm not singing. When I'm singing a song, especially one that has meaning to it, I always making sure that I fully feel that story that is being told through its lyrics.

The arts in general have huge importance to me. I don't know what I would do if I didn't have music, dancing, singing, and art. I have to thank my family for surrounding me with the arts, and I hope do the same for my kids one day in the future.