 To be open with my friends feels really relieving. Like three years ago I couldn't express myself. I was living, I was forced to live of a life of a different person. And now since I came out, I just feel more out, more myself, more inspiring to others. I just want to inspire others to do the same and help others as well. At my school, at Parham Valley High School, we could have gender and no-to bathrooms, which should be so far. We almost got this close to having, but we're still working on it. And I know we'll be facing more obstacles on the way, but I know together we will be able to overcome them and actually have to be safe and feel comfortable and be stronger together. I believe I started to discover my identity in fourth grade. A lot of people said I was just a phase and I was too small and young, so I just forgot about it. And until I came to eighth grade, I had that same feeling come to me again. So I just began to accept myself and I never told anybody, I didn't even tell my best friend because I just feared that I would be losing them and also anybody else that was close to me. My favorite movie is The Lion King because it teaches us that the past can't haunt us, but if you do something about it, you will be able to overcome it. And who can't love a classic? It's Disney. My favorite color is rainbow because each color in the rainbow represents a characteristic and everything that everybody brings together.