Hi everyone ! My name is Salma Tacuba Dimas. I am from Richmond, California, a city in the Bay Area. Although I was born in the United States, I define myself as Mexican due to the fact that I come from a Mexican background. Both of my parents are from Mexico. It is because of them that I grew up around Mexican culture and I could not be any happier about that. I am now eighteen years old going into my first year here at Chico State. I am currently a Pre-Nursing Major with the hopes of one day becoming Certified Nurse Midwife. I have always been a person who has wanted to study in the medical field which is why I want to purse this career.

 

Before coming to Chico State I spent most of my time at home. Yes I know it may sound boring, but, to me home is more than just the physical things. I grew up and lived in Richmond, but later on my family and I decided to move to Antioch for a couple of years. It never felt like home to me throughout the time that I lived in Antioch because it just was not the same for me. I was not as happy as I was. Home is supposed to be your happy place. Unfortunately that was not the case for me. During this time we had to live with other people which was the worst thing. We recently moved back to Richmond and I finally felt that I was home again. Since the day that we moved back I became as happy as I once was. I had a completely different feeling living in Richmond again. For about 7 years I was not able to call the place that I lived at my home because it was not.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Finally being able to have a place I can call home was something I was really appreciative about. I have always been someone who enjoys staying in more than going out, but since the day we moved back I decided to stay in even more. I wanted to spend as much time as I could with my family for the couple of months that I had left before moving out and beginning college.My little sister Essinet is the person who I was with most of the time. She is my everything. Knowing that I was not going to see her as often once I moved away is what made me stay at home. Now that I do not see her all of the time it breaks my heart. Spending as much time as I did at home before coming to college is not something that I regret doing. It may seem like I have no life but to me, home is a very special place to me. It is a place where my feet may leave but my heart must always be.