Kayla Tovar 052701 My Scholarship Essay What is a scholar? A scholar is a person who can achieve goals and overcome obstacles. The question is, are you a scholar? An example of a scholar is me, because I am a scholar. With my family I could say it’s a typical Hispanic family. First there are my parents, whom my mom works at Wal-Mart and dad works at the Maverick County Detention Center. Then I have my siblings, I have two brothers and one sister. My sister she is the oldest, she recently just graduated from Our Lady of Lake and is currently working at C.C Winn High School as a Algebra I teacher. Next I have my oldest brother who once he graduated from high school he went straight into the army. Last but last not least I have my other brother who is currently in UTSA. Being the youngest of four, my parents have the expectancy of making sure I make the right choices. They at times may pressure me about which footsteps I’m going to follow. All my older siblings made good decisions but for me at times it’s hard to choose whom to follow. I have a sister who focused mostly on school; I have a brother who went straight into the army and then my last older brother who had fun and still did well in school. Growing up I have taught myself to make sure I appreciate what I have been given. When I was in elementary almost every summer I would volunteer at Paint the Town to help my community. I have also participated with the band with volunteer work. Every since my freshman year I have been helping the band by being a monitor with the Junior All Region try-outs. In life I can picture myself being a teacher here in Eagle Pass. I have always wanted to start from my roots to give back from my community. I want to become a language arts teacher for either high school or elementary. Because I have noticed that there was always that one teacher that impacted you in