What Does Equality Mean To Me

Born to immigrant parents, I did not waste time to understand that I was given the greatest opportunity to make the absolute most of all that I had around me. As well, being the third born in my family of six, I was lucky enough to have my oldest siblings journey out into society first, giving me the guidance along the way to learn from their errors. Soon enough, I began to journey out for myself. Amazingly enough, once I got to middle school, I fell in love with music.

In the long run, joining the band was the best decision I could have made because in high school all my growth and success leads back to my love and deeply embedded roots in music. Music was the first setting that allowed me to create something more than myself with others

By being a fish out of the water, a group of people out of their comfortable environment, most of the time I was blind to the differences between my philosophy on life and others in the nation I live in. However, with more access to media and with a society more demanding on equality, I soon found myself understanding what equality meant to me. Through some of the darkest days in our nation’s current events, those dealing with police brutality or gender-related issues, I understood where I wanted the quality of life not only of myself but of other marginalized groups. That initial understanding sparked that fire in my heart, which then spread to the rest of my body, that moves me to work towards the justice and equality of an inclusive nation. Through both the good and hard times I was able to not only find myself, but grow into the person I wanted to be. From music to science to the world, I never stopped wanting to better myself to make a better impact whether it is in the performance group, in the classroom, or in society. Never once did I doubt that I am lucky enough to have a vast supply of resources around me to allow me to succeed; however, I also realized that I myself can become a resource to allow others to succeed and go much further in life and it