I am from lipgloss and eyeshadow

I am from music

I am from sprinting and kicking balls into goals

I am from performing dance routines in my living room for my couches

I am from singing my lungs out in the shower no matter what time of the day or mood

I am from waking up at 5 am for meditation and a walk of 30 minutes to Troy High School at 6.25 am

I am from planning, making routines, and adding so many things into my schedule

I am the laugh to many’s joy

I am from Mexican food and Mexican music who touches my heart

I am pain, stress, tears and scars as well as positivity, advice, care, and endless laughs

I am from companionless nights and stares into the moonlight and stars

I am from falling.. falling really hard and making my way back up, higher than I was before

I am from a Mexican immigrant

I am from the single mother who raised three smart, kind-hearted, and unique children

I am from Flor Pineda, my mother and father

I am from two brothers and video game rages

I am from thanksgiving at aunty Mabel’s house full of tamales and loud karaoke

I am from an accumulation of learned lessons and mistakes

I am forgiving, outgoing, hard-working, courageous, intelligent, a listener and talker and a huge planner for my present and my future

I am built from my past, I am the light at the end of my own tunnel