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I have always been a very self-aware person- self-aware with who I am, others around me, and how others act, and how I react to them. Since I was in sixth grade, I have always had friends part of the LGBTQ+ community before I even knew there was such a community that existed. I did not even know being gay was a label, just like being straight was a label. I thought people were just people who liked who they liked and that was that. One day, a girl came up to me and told me, "People keep saying you're a lesbian." Confused, I asked her, "What's that?" She said, "it's a girl who likes girls" and I said "so what? I do like girls. Don't you?" Of course, I was thinking of friendships with girls. She continues to say, "No, it's a girl who likes to kiss and date girls." I shrugged my shoulders and said, "Okay, what's wrong with being a lesbian? Even though I am not one." She looked at me confused as though sh...

          Agriculture means a lot to me. I say this because I was in Future Farmers of America (FFA). I was taught multiple things about the our lands. I was taken to cotton fields, farms, butchers; I even raised my own chicken, euthanized it and ate it. I will always remember what I was taught within that one year. I became aware of the hard work and importance of agriculture. I realized how many of the things that are involved is a process. It personally humbled me.           This mural really spoke to me the most because the hispanic culture is known for their hard work in agriculture.  It shows that the hispanics are the roots of it all. Our hands are the ones that become dirty and dull. We are using our bare hands to pick every single crop that we come across so that they rest of us can live with less of a struggle. I see it as unity. I see it that we are all connected because our roots will continue to grow and tangle wit...