the start + now + in the future (:

Well to start off, I was born in Ventura, California and have lived in Oxnard, California in the same house my whole life. When I was younger, I used to play school with my sister and I would be the teacher. I would set up a desk for her and I would write down some math problems on a marker board. As we got older I went from playing school, to just helping and tutoring my sister with her math homework. At the end of the school year, during summer vacation, my aunt would babysit me. Since my aunt bakes cakes, she would let me help her bake and decorate the cakes. Then I would go home and try to make my own cakes on my own. These are the years that I decided I might want to open up my own bakery when I grow up. Throughout high school I still enjoyed baking and I continued to learn more in my math classes. Along with that, I also took a few photography classes where I really enjoyed taking pictures and making art with the camera. My teacher always told me that I have a natural talent with the camera and that I better consider photography as a career in the future.

So now I am still not sure which career I want to go after for sure but I am currently a freshman in Oxnard College, so I figure I have two years to decide. The one thing I do know for sure is that math will be one of my majors because I am already taking calculus so I don’t want those skills to go to waste. For now I am taking my general classes, with an emphasis on math, and then I plan on transferring. When I’m away from school I still pull out my camera and take pictures of things that interest me because I am still considering photography as a career for the future. On some weekends I also bake cakes for family members, mostly my boyfriend’s family, but I enjoy doing it. Although I don’t have a job yet, I do sometimes babysit my little cousins as sort of a weekend job whenever my aunt goes out.

After two years at Oxnard College, I plan on transferring to a four year school where I will be able to further my math knowledge and possibly become a math teacher, or professor. After I finish getting my degree in math, I still want to go to school for photography and maybe for baking as well. I’m not sure what school I will go to but most likely it’s going to be the Art Institute, that way I can get a degree in both photography and baking at the same time. I know it sounds like I’m trying for a lot, but I’ll see where I end up in the future. After I finish getting all my degrees in these three subjects I hope to maybe be a teacher for math, or open up a bakery and be the photographer for my cakes, or just be a party photographer on the side. I still have my hopes up that I will be able to manage all three jobs somehow because I don’t have a favorite yet. For now I look forward to just taking my time and seeing where I end up in the future.