On February 22, 1987, I was brought into the world as the daughter of Joni and Bill. My only sibling, Samantha, is four and a half years older then me. I have spent my whole life in Port Washington. I have only moved once in my life, and that was to a different house in Port. Both of my parent�s parents live in neighboring towns, so as a young child I recall spending a lot of time with them. My heritage is very mixed, despite the fact that all of my grandparents were born in the United States. My mother�s parents came from Poland and Tyrol and my father has roots from Russia, Hungary and Poland. Growing up, although our family didn�t actively celebrate any major traditions from those countries, we always ate customary foods at holidays. My mother is Catholic whereas my father is Jewish. Therefore, I was brought up being acquainted with both religions, although I never went to synagogue or church on a regular basis. Presently, I am in the ninth grade at Schreiber High School. I work relatively hard, but I still try to leave room for having fun. I spend most of my free time during the school day and on weekends with my group of girlfriends, who are all wonderful people. I also tutor kids at the Middle School who need some extra help in school twice a week. I enjoy working with younger kids, and helping them try to achieve their personal goals. I don�t participate in many sports during the school year, but I sail throughout the whole summer. Recently, I got a boat so I have also had to prepare it for the summer. My father and I work on it together, since he is a very avid sailor. Now, I am an only child because my sister is at George Washington College. Although I have a general idea of what I want my life to be like, I don�t know any of the specifics. I�m not the type of person that can make big decisions easily, so I haven�t really decided what I want to be yet. I do know that I want to go to college, and then graduate school if it�s necessary for the occupation I choose. I want the job that I choose to enable me to help other people, but there are a wide variety of jobs for me to consider. Additionally, I know that I want my job will have to be one that allows me to be active. I know that I want to get married, probably around the age of twenty-six or twenty-seven. I�d like to have at least two, if not three, children. I think that I�ll probably decide to bring my children up as one particular religion, although they will also celebrate the other religion�s holidays as well. Just like I was brought up, I want my children to be very close with their grandparents. All of this, however, will probably change because I am incapable of sticking with one decision.
