Since I was young, my mother taught me the difference between want and need. You don't need new clothes, a new backpack, or a Dora lunchbox, you want one. But when you are young those things seem detrimental to have in your possession. Even as adults some people confuse needs with wants, and what I took away from my mother's wisdom was that I would have to find a way to have anything I wanted or needed. When I was younger, I was never shielded from the harsh realities of the world, in the sense that to become successful and live a life where I didn't have to buy "fruity dyno-bites" instead of fruity pebbles, I would have to work 10 times harder than my peers around me. Through school, I found my spark, and started kindergarten at age four maintaining all A's through middle and high school while playing multiple sports I soon I found out I had the potential to be more than just a minority statistic stuck within the generational cycles that would lead me to a life of my own inevitable destruction. But what would I do to ensure this? What career could take my sisters, mother, and father into multi-story houses on Vashon Island where we all can have not just our basic needs fulfilled but our wants too? It seemed this answer was easier than I thought it would be. Upon campus arrival, I had already chosen to major in Law and Justice & Political Science. With the state of the world in 2020 and my background growing up as a black and indigenous woman, on my 15-minute drive home to the rez from each day school I saw the disparities between the world. My small town had a divider line, on one side of the street were trailer parks and on the other mini suburbs that we would drive through at night just to dream of where we would build our families in 10 years. During just my first year of college, I was able to study criminal and human rights law, and public policy maintaining a 3.8 the entire academic year. As a first-generation student, it felt surreal at times that I found a path and career that it was so evident I was passionate about. I feel lucky to have found my purpose in life so early as an attorney or maybe even judge someday. I will be able to have a life where I not only have everything I want and need but I can make people around me make sure they have their needs heard and protected as well. Because this field is rewarding enough to make me feel like I as an individual am making a difference in the world. Each day, all I want is to make an impact with one more indigenous woman, one more black woman in spaces where our rights and voices are rarely ever taken seriously or heard. I have a unique experience and a background where every little girl on the reservation and every little black girl across the nation, is relying on me to show them what we can do it too. To be the positive change we wish to see in our communities which has been overdue for a long time. And with my law career, no matter where I end up I know I will make the world a better place for BIPOC voices to thrive, unapologetically.