 I'm Amber Richardson, I'm from Hollister, North Carolina and I'm a senior. I love my friends here at Science and Math because they are so different and so awesome in so many different ways. Being able to lay on the top bunk of my bed and call one of my friends and have them come in an instant to my rescue, no matter what it is, maybe I needed something for homework or I'm having some kind of crisis, you know, boy drama, anything like that. They'd be there in just a second and sometimes, you know, after a really long day or really bad test or something like that, you'll come on haul and you just want to like let everything go so we'll play something really really loud and everybody gets out there and jumps around and makes a complete fool of themselves but you feel so much better because you all look stupid together. These friends are just, I mean, they're irreplaceable, they really are and it's really deep because you go through a lot and you're really pushed here so being able to call them and have them come to you like that and support you through everything. I've had to deal with things that go on at home from here. I've had to be a part of my family and be a part of my tribal family. Being Native American and being a big part of the powwow that happens here on campus every year really makes me feel even more at home because I can bring that little part of me, that part of my culture here and I can share it with all of these people that are both from the campus and from the surrounding area and they understand it and they like it and they want to get involved. Science and math has made me stronger in a lot of different respects. It's made me more confident before I didn't really feel like I knew what I was capable of but now being here I understand that, yeah, I actually do know a little something, yeah, I am kind of smart. You know, yeah, I can do this and I can go into a room and make a friend or be myself and have people respect me for that so it's just really taught me to be comfortable with who I am.