 It is a whole new world when I am running. The problems of the world does not apply. It's just me, the track, and my teammates. It is a way for me to escape my troubles and just empower myself and empower the people around me. It's easy to forget where you come from. When you go from a life of poverty and a life of suffering and a life of pain and hurt to a borderline luxurious life like the one I am living here in the U.S. you seem to forget where you come from and the things you have to do to get where you are. After my mom died when I was seven, my dad had a lot on his plate. He was not only providing for my siblings, he was providing for everyone else's children. So I asked for permission to go and live with my aunt. As time went on, I became an instrument to her family. I started not being part of the family I became, I became, per se, a servant. I thought there was no end to it. I had to wake up every day and decided that I want to live. It is hard to be a 10 year old and wake up every day and have to verbally say I want to live today. That was the first time that I truly experienced hate. My mom pulled me out of a horrible situation but it was ultimately up to me to let go of the hate, the anger and to give into compassion and love. In my future five years from now, I do not see track being a huge aspect of it but I see it more as a tool to get me to accomplish my goals. Track is the anchor to my life. It's where I go to find my peace. It's where I go to just recenter myself and remind myself that there is something that I'm good at. There is something that God gave me that I can share with the world. I don't want a track career. I want a life career. I want a career in the military career that is meaningful and has purpose which is why I chose to come here. I wanted to give back to the country that gave me such a loving mother. Running is, it is amazing but to be able to serve others, to be able to give back, to be able to find purpose and life in a life that at some times I, like I don't know if it's worth it but here I know that I can change somebody's life by just being in the military. I can change somebody's life by walking through this path as image shipment.