Emily Lang

I am a dedicated individual driven by my hardships, since the pandemic I have uprooted my life in Washington to pursue new dreams and opportunity in Tennessee. My hardships have shown me that I alone am the one responsible securing my own success and that nobody else can or will do it for me. My parents divorce at a young age showed me the value of effective communication between two people. The struggles of life became more apparent after that, my mom spend almost all of her time working, cleaning, cooking, or shopping to ensure we had what we absolutely needed but nothing more. In addition to learning how brutal and vulnerable people are to the world I learned how much you have to fight for your education. As a child moving frequently and never settling in one place I always found it hard to focus and be attentive to my school work, as a result I struggled in school most of my life. It wasn’t until High School that I was really able to focus, and the brief time I spent in Community College taught me even more about that struggle. I was retaught math almost entirely during my year and a half at Peninsula Communty College, although I didn’t finish I do plan to go back in the future and atleast secure my Associates degree.