There’s always this thing in front of you that keeps on happening and you never feel satisfied with — education. There’s no such thing as being too smart; there’s always someone smarter than you.

I felt like that too after I got my first pay. I used to help my parents with their restaurant. Taking orders, going out to buy stuff, sometimes even cooking when we were really busy. Six to eight o'clock, when all the people came in. I’d start to heat up and think— my hands need to go Godspeed. Sometimes I’d mess up the orders. I’d feel so bad. I just would say, 'I’m sorry. I’m sorry.' Some people would yell, or curse, and I’d just keep saying sorry. But then I got my first check. I looked at it and was like, finally, I can buy something I want. I was looking through Amazon and would say — this thing looks good. Then I’d say, wait, no, this! This looks even better. 

One of my happiest moments was towards the end of middle school. I was just sitting with my two friends and eating in the school yard. We were talking about games, and then we were like, yo, what are we going to do this summer when we graduate? Should we go somewhere together, or hang out? And one of them was like, 'Hmmm, no I don’t think I’ll have that chance.' And then the other one’s like, 'Yo, we can go and sing somewhere.' And then the other was like, 'Oh wait, we can probably go to that amusement park. Or a museum.' I don’t know what it was, but I was so happy. Imagining the possibilities, you know? Just having one of those chill and happy moments, eating our plates.