Ashley

"The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams." My parents gave me a key chain with this quote by Eleanor Roosevelt on it in second grade, and they have been mine to live by since. Thinking and living outside of the box to try and be me while helping others is how I achieve my dream of being a woman for and with others. In the summer of 2011, I had to the chance to go to Israel and Palestine (West Bank). As I walked through the narrow, rubble covered streets of a Palestinian refugee camp in the West Bank, I was suddenly surrounded by the most happy, vibrant, and curious little kids who all wanted to see me, and ended up sitting on the ground playing and talking until it was time to leave. I realized I was, and am, living my dream in little ways.