Life As It Is: Young Urban Authors (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781461197447)

Jennifer has lived in California, Mexico, and now she lives in Washington. She is a Freshman at Highline High School. She likes to go out with friends and have fun. Jennifer wants to go to college and travel the world. She doesn't know what she wants to major in when she leaves for college, but she knows she wants to help people, especially kids and teenager's too. Jennifer will be the first one in her family to go to college, so it will be a big goal for her to finish college. Jennifer has family spread all over Mexico, Washington, and California. Jennifer has one year old sister, Briseyda Paloma Gutierrez Arevalo, and a 12 year old brother, Eric Ricardo Gutierrez Arevalo. Jennifer has many dreams and her biggest fear is to not successfully complete them all. Jennifer is a poet and a song writer. She's been writing poetry and writing music since 6th grade. She will always have the hope that one day immigrants will be able to study here and make their dreams come true. She loves all her family. She is very emotional and shy but that doesn't stop her from doing many things that will make all her dreams come true one day. Her name is Jennifer Gutierrez Arevalo and just because she doesn't have a middle name doesn't mean she will not be happy, instead it means she will have many dreams come true.