迪丝瑞·伊罗-雷维利斯/Desiree Eroy-Reveles
I am convinced that the most important law in my life is to have faith：faith in my family, faith in humanity and most of all faith in myself. With faith great things happen. Faith brings love, trust, and confdence in my life. To lose faith is to feel lost and alone. To have faith is to believe that I have a purpose and that I can achieve.
I have faith in my family. To have faith in my family is to have an army to fght for you. My mother, sisters, cousins, stepfather, aunts, uncles, and grandmother all are there for me. As a family, I can count on all of them to help me make it through the rough times. We are strong because we are together. When I was a baby my father left our family and this was very diffcult for everyone. We all learned to accept the situation. Instead of being depressed and feeling sorry for ourselves, my mother went to school to become a bilingual teacher；both of my sisters had to become very responsible at a young age totake care of me and themselves. I have much respect and love for my family. My faith in them grows stronger each day because they help me so much!
I have faith in humanity. I have faith that justice will be done though the world is full of violence and misunderstanding. I have faith that our world will fnd harmony and seek peaceful resolutions. Though my high school is very racially mixed, we try to respect each others'differences and become one Oceanside family. I love the ethnic groups and how we learn about customs and cultures. I have faith that the human race will realize that life is precious and that war does not solve problems.
I have faith in myself. I believe that if I put my mind to do something, pray for God's guidance, and work very hard for what I really want, I can reach that goal. Recently I failed my biology class. My mother said that I would have to give up my dance practices to study more. I convinced her and my counselor, who wanted to put me in a general science class, that I would work harder and improve my grade. So after concentrating more on biology and making time for studying, I have brought my grade up to a B.If I did not have faith in myself I would have taken the easier class, but I stayed in biology. Now, I want to improve all my grades so that I can take tennis classes in the summer. I have faith in myself that I can put more time in my studies. I will work harder so I can do better in my grades. I have faith in myself so I know I can accomplish my goals.