My name is A.J. Woods. Most people just call me Alacea or Lacy Jo for short (preferably Lacy Jo). I was born in Dallas and raised in the “Cliff”. I am Black, Hispanic, and Cuban. Let me explain that. My mom is Hispanic and Black, and my real father is Cuban and Black. So that makes me what I am I guess. I have a total of five siblings- Ange, who is a senior at Garland actually, and she’s 18. My stepbrother, Austin, is also 18, but he goes to N. G. I have two younger brothers, Andrew and Hunter, who are actually both 13- no, they’re not twins. One is my stepbrother and one is my actual brother. Lastly, there’s “Honey Bunny” or Ariane, who is 11 years old. Did I mention I’m the middle child in all of this? Well I am. We have two cats, Kitty Mamas and Bevo (woo go Longhorns!!!) and two dogs, Chino, who’s a cocker spaniel, and Elvira, who’s a boxer puppy. My hobbies are dance, drill team, theatre, cooking, event planning, making that money, painting/designing, and weightlifting. My fav food would have to be my grandma’s mole or arroz con pollo. That’s why I’m fat now- you can’t say no to a Hispanic grandma who wants to constantly feed you. My favorite TV show would be nothing because im too busy to watch TV. I do have a favorite movie however, which is the movie Selma, which was about Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and the Civil Rights movement. My absolute FAVORITE vacation I’ve been on is when I went to Albuquerque & Santa Fe, New Mexico with all my friends last summer for a full week. It was SO pretty and relaxing. Especially since there were no parents there. Oops. If I could invite three people to go to dinner with, I would ask Floyd Mayweather, Zendaya, and Christopher Columbus. Floyd because I’d ask him to pay off my car, and college tuition. Zendaya because she’s soooooooo gorgeous and I would ask for life advice and makeup advice from her, and also how to dress better, because that girl can dress. Lastly, Columbus because he didn’t “discover” America- there were already people here that his people drove out. I would just make sure he realized this before he went blabbing his mouth bragging about what someone ELSE discovered. My plans after high school is either to enlist in the Navy, or take a year off & travel the world, find what I really want out of life, or even go to culinary school. I don’t know what I want to do yet because I’m only 16 and these are life decisions I can’t promise myself or anyone right now. So for now, I’m just going with the flow of what life throws my way. Whatever happens, happens.