2. A F T E R E N D I N G A 1 0 Y E A R D E A D - E N D A B U S I V E A N D T O X I C
R E L A T I O N S H I P W I T H T H E F A T H E R O F M Y T H R E E
C H I L D R E N ( W H O W A S H E AV I L Y I N T O D R U G S ) I H A D A N
E P I P H A N Y T H A T I F I W A S G O I N G T O S T A R T A W H O L E N E W
L I F E , I W O U L D D O I T A C C O R D I N G T O M E A N D M E O N L Y.
3. S O I D E C I D E D T O M OV E I N W I T H M Y F A M I L Y I N
K I S S I M M E E , F L A N D P U R S U E M Y D R E A M O F G O I N G
T O C O L L E G E H O W I O R I G I N A L L Y I N T E N D E D W H E N I
WA S 1 9 Y E A R S O L D B E F O R E M Y M O T H E R PA S S E D
AWA Y I N A P L A N E C R A S H .
4. I decided to go to Full Sail
University and study
Entertainment Business
because I wasn’t quite sure
what exactly I would be best
suited for in this industry and
this was basically a program
that taught a little bit of
everything.
5. I just knew I was meant to be
in the entertainment industry
because of my awesome
personality and creative
mind.
6. L I V I N G I N T H E S U B U R B S O F K I S S I M M E E B E I N G
D E P E N D E N T O N M Y F A M I L Y W A S N ’ T E X A C T L Y M Y I D E A O F
L I V I N G L I F E A C C O R D I N G T O M E W H I C H I S W H Y W H E N I
G O T K I C K E D O U T O F M Y S I S T E R ’ S H O U S E O V E R A P E T T Y
A R G U M E N T , I C O N S I D E R E D I T T O B E A B L E S S I N G I N
D I S G U I S E .
7. I S T A Y E D I N A H O T E L F O R A W H I L E W I T H M Y K I D S U N T I L I
C O U L D N ’ T A F F O R D I T A N Y M O R E A N D A S K E D M Y S I S T E R T O
T A K E I N M Y K I D S W H I L E I R O U G H E D I T I N T H E S T R E E T S O F
K I S S I M M E E .
8. I decided to take a big risk
and just take my chances in
Miami where I knew nobody
there but if I managed to
establish a new life, I can still
pursue my dream career goal
of working in the
entertainment industry
9. Moving hundreds of miles away
from my children was the most
heartbreaking decision I had to
make so I knew I had to make
this work and soon because I did
not want to waste precious time
with my kids.
10. I T D I D N ’ T T A K E L O N G T O G E T E S T A B L I S H E D I N M I A M I
B U T I K E P T G O I N G F R O M J O B T O J O B A N D P L A C E T O
P L A C E I N M I A M I T H A T R E S U L T E D I N M E W I T H D R A W I N G
F R O M S C H O O L S I N C E I C O U L D N ’ T F U L L Y F O C U S O N M Y
S T U D I E S L I K E I W A N T E D T O .
11. A T O N E P O I N T I E N D E D U P H O M E L E S S I N T H E S T R E E T S
A G A I N B U T T H I S T I M E I W A S B L E S S E D W I T H A J O B W I T H
T H E B E S T P L A S T I C S U R G E O N I N M I A M I W H O S T R O N G L Y
B E L I E V E D I H A D G R E A T P O T E N T I A L T O B E A S U C C E S S .
12. T H O U G H I H A D T H E P E R F E C T B O S S I F A C E D T H E
O B S T A C L E O F C O - W O R K E R S D O U B T I N G M E T R Y I N G
T O M A K E M Y L I F E I M P O S S I B L E .
13. O N C E I G O T M Y O W N A P A R T M E N T A N D I W A S A B L E T O B R I N G
M Y K I D S T O T H E I R N E W H O M E , I D E C I D E D T O E N R O L L B A C K
I N S C H O O L T O R E I G N I T E T H E P A S S I O N I H A D F O R L E A R N I N G
A B O U T T H E E N T E R T A I N M E N T I N D U S T R Y B U T T H I S T I M E I
E N R O L L E D I N T H E M E D I A C O M M U N I C A T I O N S P R O G R A M
B E C A U S E I C O U L D A P P L Y I T T O W A R D S M Y N E W J O B
14. I discovered that I had a
great talent of creatively
setting a good image on
anything, which would make
me a great public relations
specialist.
15. At my job they began
filming a reality
show, which made it all
too real how exciting it
would be to work in the
entertainment industry
16. Now that I am living life
completely according to me:
living in Miami in my own
apartment with my three kids,
financially stable with a job that I
love and preparing myself for my
ideal future by studying at Full
Sail life is definitely not what it
used to be.
17. For this project I used Powerpoint, pictures from
Flickr: Creative Commons and my
Own personal pictures from Facebook.
By: Yasmin Hernandez
18. I now know the
meaning of true
happiness, accomplish
ment and living the
dream.
