Tanya Hull

Undoubtedly I’m independent, loyal, hardworking, emotionally understanding when it comes to someone else's feelings. I’m emotional at times as well as shy. Besides I like to voice my opinion, spiritually I believe in a creator. For instance, humbling myself isn’t a problem. I’m helpful to others rather it’s cooking or cleaning. That's a passion of mine. I've been in the kitchen since the age of 13. Cooking helps me ease my mind.

I donated to Goodwill. I also give away food when my refrigerator is full. In addition, I participated in the American Heart Association walk. As well as picking up trash in my community. Also I clean up the hallways in my building and on the outside of the building. I babysit kids while their parents

are working. I don't mind babysitting because I like kids. They also seem to gravitate towards me a lot.

My health is most important to me now I'm in therapy. Therefore I'm trying to build my strength back up although I know it will take time for me to heal. I'm willing to put in the effort to regain my strength back in my body so I can be healthy again. On the contrary I will take the timeout to talk with others about cancer when I’m needed.My doctors request that I speak with others because I took the treatments well. I was her youngest case and everyone else is older than me.

The goals I have for the next 2 to 3 years from now are owning houses, getting my finances in order. In addition to opening up a cleaning company. Also helping children that are in need of clothing, shoes, and personal items as well as providing them with meals and having a building where they can feel safe to play video games, basketball not only but also a dance team. Furthermore, having a listening ear when they are in need.

Peace, Justice, and Reconciliation

The system Is so messed up and so corrupt from the jails, foster homes, nursing homes, and even the daycares. Who can we run to let alone trust now that times are ruff we have people working In the system that started with good Intentions, but now this world is so cold. Money is an issue, jobs are lost, minimum wage is not enough, our kids are the future and the system does not even want to pay teachers enough. We are still walking around here fighting for our rights when Martin Luther King had a dream. We thought everything was going to be alright. We are still dreaming. It shouldn't matter if we are black nor white. We need to stand as one because all lives matter, unity goes a long way and dreams do matter. We have a voice to speak, so people can listen. All hands on deck so we can get the corrupted ones out of the system.

Moment

Being a teenager in high school going to house parties. Hanging out with friends being pressured to date, doing drugs, and drinking alcohol was something I overcame. I started by eliminating my friends that weren't positive. Although some of them were friends I was on the dance team with, I still had to face them at times and they would call me a Jehovah Witness. I was fine with that because I knew deep down inside what drugs and alcohol would do to your body. In the long run I've seen that enough in my household growing up. Far as the dating part I never really wanted to talk to boys like that because I knew it was only one thing on their mind at this time and that was having sex. Not only sex but also money was a big deal because we had to have the money to get around to places we need to go, pay to get into house parties and keep up with the latest fashion. So what I did was find a job and kept myself occupied with school work and my cousins started to hang out together and left the negativity behind me.