Self-Identity

When it came to drawing my self-portrait I wasn't really worried about the facial features or the shape of the head, because even if I'm not the best artist, one thing I wasn't sure about was what to draw for my hair. I'll come back to the hair ideal in a little bit, but first I want to talk about the other things I consider to be as part of my identity. One of the biggest things I feel that makes me who I am is my family. My family literally means so much to me, including my extended family. With being a military brat me and my mom constantly would find new friends who became our extended family, who helped with raising me as well, because as they say, "it takes a village". Friends are another big one for me, because like my family I feel like they all have had an impact in helping me recognize and become who I am today. School is also a really big one for me as well, because I knew that I wanted to achieve great things growing up. With that achievement mindset I was able to accomplish so much in school, and get into my dream college, and hope to graduate in the spring with plans to teach my dream grade. Lately adulting has become a big part of who I am since freshman year. Just hearing the idea of being an "adult" was so scary to me, but as I continued through college I was able to learn and accept that being an adult doesn't have to be a scary thing, and can be something you can accept as a great thing. Finally to explain my struggle for hair; for me hair is a big part of my identity, because I'm often switching hairstyles. Currently I have my hair straight, but on Saturday it's going back to being braids, and I've had my natural hair, curled hair, crochets, sew-ins, but no matter what hairstyle I have, it always made me feel empowered and proud of being who I am.