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