My name is Nevaeh Thomas i was born on the westside of Chicago i went to Herzl from grades 1st-8th going the i like dressing up and going places with my friends when i look and shop for clothes i look at the matieral and style i sometimes try to be differnt and keep up with the trends ,another thing i like to do is listen to music and draw on my free time when i go to school i do my work then when i get out i go to mcdonalds then stay for a little bittill i have to go to work then i go to word and type articles ,my friends and family describe me as a dedicted and relable person who is always wiling to lend an helping hand . i tae pride in my ability to maintain strong relationship and believe that effetive communication and empthy are key to building lasting connections wheather its collbraoting woth collages on a challeing projects or supporting or supporting a friend during an hard time i strive to be the best version of myself possible ,but besides that i love doing sports or cheering on my free time or playing with my little brothers on his vr set or helping him wih his homework or go with him o walk his dog ,my childhood growing up in Chicago was cool the areas was pretty cool alot of drama though one of my most memorable experinces was particapapting in a research project focused on the impact of truck traffic in the austin area this project allowed me to work closely. growing up on the west side of Chicago was not as bad as people made it seem it was pretty fun espically as an child you meet all inds of new people and connect with differnt people and grow bonds most of my friend i had were from pre-k on up until 10th grade we stayed at each other birthday parties family events movies ml shopping out to eat we basically did everything with each other our moms grew a bond as we got older and our friendship got stronger we kind of sort of share aot in common were funny out going love to eat watch baddies on weekends go to each other houses do fun stuff like girls nights and out days but we all don’t talk anymore we all grew apart as the years went by and we went off to highschool and found new friends and new crowds e kinda fell off after that but sometimes we still check on eachohter i miss them a little bit but besides that im in my third year of highschool now and i can say highschool is nothibg like middle school work get harder and teachers dont push yu like they did in gammer school you have to work harderto succed and be great in life your first mistake to make in highschool is t fall behind esically in freshman year because it would be hard to get back up because our freshman year is all about your gpa and stuff so it would be hard to bring your gpa up after you play around ffreshman year sohpmore year is mid you will go through stuff and go through new changes now thaat im a unior im at a new school its boring but i guess ill do it but yea my life groin gup on the west side of chicago wasnt as bad you just cant be at a certian age trying to meet new people cause then it might not be good for you , just stay to yourself do what you ave to o to get out ofhere cause chicago is not a place you want to stay for the rest of your life alot of people thats from chicago when they get rich they leave because its nothing else left for them here because when youget the money to leaveyou have to use it to leave and elvate yourself but chicago is very differnt from when i grew up so idont really recomend coming out here but overall i love my city nd ow i grew up i wouldnt want to be from anwhere else .

















