Carla Jean Perez,
Boone, IA
As a Hispanic with a father from Mexico, there is always the pressure to exceed to be better, it will help in the future but right now it’s emotionally draining. My name is Carla Perez and I will always be proud if my name and where it came from, I now live in a small town in Iowa called Boone and I go to Boone high school which allows me to show me.