My name is Jacque Rose Garza. I was born in the small town of Carlsbad New Mexico. When I was little I was picked on a lot. Not really sure why ,but it made me awkward being around other kids and socializing. I dint have many close friends, I always had “friends” but never a “best friend” till I moved up here to Vancouver. Carlsbad New Mexico isn’t the best place to be. It’s filled with drugs and violence. Honestly I think I was picked on for being myself and not following the “cool” crowd. So instead of doing drugs and getting in fights, I stayed home; a lot. I dint like being home, it was lonely, but I didn’t like hanging with all the little brats in my neighborhood. My parents, well let’s just say they’ve had their ‘darker days’ with substances when we lived there. I loved my family a lot but just never wanted to be around them. I caught myself visiting my grandparents a lot though. They are really loving and understanding. I wouldn’t trade my grandparents for anything in the world. Anyways I’ve lived in four states, Carlsbad New Mexico, New Orleans Louisiana, Portland Oregon, and Vancouver Washington. When I was 9 I lived in Louisiana. I loved being there. I loved the weather, the cutler, and just everything about the state. There, I learned about Art. I really got to see that Art can be expressed in SO many different ways. Louisiana did have a big impact on me for only being 9 years old, but mentally I was a lot older. I’ve always been like that though. I may seem like a normal teen to you, but if you really knew me, you could tell that my mind very mature for my age. I thinks that’s why I didn’t make many friends in my childhood, but the friends I have now know be better than anyone. They all know I live by ‘The Golden Rule’ which is treating people how I would want to be treated. I live everyday by that rule and its gotten me pretty far in friendship and relationships. Anyways After moving here to Vancouver I started branching out to others and seeing how the people here are different from the people in Carlsbad. I found out that it was the same. My parents came out of there ‘dark days’, Thank God, and I realized that drugs and violence and bad people are everywhere. I also learned that I couldn’t live my life sitting at home scared of the outside world. So I ventured out and met some people, went some places, did some things and this is who I am Now.