I Am A Woman Phenomenal Wom Phenomenal Woman, That's Me?

Throughout life, we all have things that can be used to describe us from our birth to the present. One quote that describes my life is by Maya Angelou, a powerful feminist and poet, in it she states, “I am a Woman Phenomenally. Phenomenal Woman, that’s me.” It shows that I am an intelligent, persevering, and vocal women in society. In life, so far I only have a few stages under my belt, like from childhood, preteen years, and teenage years. Through these periods in my life I have become a vibrant, focused, and independent woman. My life started in the womb of a young, loving mother with an equally young, loving father. I was born in Clark County, Indiana. Even when I was young, my family was huge on education. My grandfather especially helped form my yearning for knowledge. He would play educational games with me from popping balloons if I chose the correct color to giving me candy if a counted the correct number in his hand. Of course, my other family members helped as well, but his constant care and insistence ingrained a love for learning.

In elementary school, I didn’t realize until second grade that I was “advanced” or progressing through topics quicker than my peers. It was during this time that I would receive more challenging work than others. One of my fellow “advanced learners” was Taylor Mihalik. During elementary school we were inseparable and very competitive with one another. During this time, we would constantly get the same chapter books from the library, read them in one night, and then take a test on them the next day to see who would win by the score. These are just some of the moments in my childhood that show me striving for intelligence, knowledge, and