Role
Models.
When
I was 5 years old, the only people I had around me to look up to where my older
sister, aunts (ti’s), & the ladies on television. Fast-forward to a few
years later, my mother’s side was in full swing with plenty of younger cousins
around.
Let
me start off by telling you, I am not the greatest role model. I don’t think I
am a great one. And yet, because of family dynamics – I still am one.
I
am the only one in my family pursuing a science degree after growing up
primarily interested in the Arts. I learned the hard way in which college
applications and financial aid work. I was the first one to leave the house to
live somewhere else (school). I was the first one to struggle as broke ass
college student. And to be quite honest, I am very aware that I am a shit role model.
But there is a way I teach my cousins. There was a way I showed my brothers. And
it’s to expose them to not only the good, but also the bad and the ugly.
