 I am Laura Cristina Zapata-Volkmore and I am from Miami, Florida. Miami has so much to offer in its beauty and its culture. When I talk to people about being from Miami, the one thing that I tell them that they're going to love about Miami is that people are still warm and they're still welcoming and it is Miami. People in Miami love to love people, especially if you're in the military, you know? I am hospital corpsman second class Zapata and I am a corpsman here on the U.S.S. New York. They call me the mom of the ship. I care about the people that are on the ship, not only as my patients but as people. You know, growing up in Miami there's a big issue with immigration. I am an immigrant. I'm from Columbia. At age 25, I finally received my green card and the hustle and bustle of being an immigrant here in Miami. You know, you're working off a work permit. You have to renew your license every year. You know, it's not easy. Not everything is handed to you. Like, you're paying your own scholarship and all that struggle. And I finally was able to sign and leave and deploy and, you know, become a second class and get married and have a baby and then in two years I'll commission as an officer. You don't know where you're going until you know where you've been. It's kind of going back in time and saying, wow, I've been through all of this and here I stand back home but I'm a success story. It's like, hey, you know, I made it. I made it. In the middle of the trials and tribulations that I lived in the city, I mean I made it and I come back, you know, victorious. I come back, you know, on top to be able to embrace and give back. I think that's wonderful.