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Leslie Anne Collado

by Jonneth from Van Nuys

My hero is my cousin.

What is a hero? A hero is someone who is there for me and also helping me and the only one is my best best cousin in the whole wide world named Leslie. I pick her as my hero because she makes me happy and she helps me with my problems, helping me everything. When I’m sad she always buys me something so I can feel better and she makes me laugh. We always tell our secrets and she never told anyone, to me she is just like my sister and best friend. When someone keeps hitting me or talking about me she always protects me. If I want to go somewhere she always goes with me wherever I go.

My cousin Leslie she always helps me with my homework if I don’t understand the problem. She always teaches me everything so I could know everything. Sometimes when we were cleaning the house when she finished cleaning the kitchen she helps me in the living room so when my aunt got home she knows that we cleaned the house. When I have problem in my life I always tell her my personal problem. She is always telling me what I’m going to do so I won’t be sad. When I have problem in my soup kitchen she help me to do it.

When I get mad she always makes me laugh and she tells me to calm down so my anger will be better when I’m angry at other people and sometimes she always opens her mind to me that so I could get a great mind just like her. She looks at the bright side of a problem and thinks a positive and not the negative one so I could be thinking positive just like her, not the wrong one. She makes me everything. She always cares for the children and she always takes good care of my sister and me.

My cousin wants to go into the Peace Corps. My cousin and I love animals because they are cute and sometimes when the dog or animal is hurt she helps them to feel better and protect it because she doesn’t want the dog or animal to get hurt and crying. My cousin loves children and teaching them. She was a T.A in the Canterbury school and she loved being assistant in the school so she could help all the children and teach the children because when she grows up she wants to be a teacher, sometime she loves reading a book with them because my cousin said they were funny when she asked them a question. My cousin believes that violence is not a good answer. The entire teachers love her so much because she is the smart student and responsible for everything she does in class.

In my conclusion my cousin shows that even in a young age I can make difference because she believes me that I can do just like her and be smart. Everything she does I will do because I want to be like her helping people who need help in their personal problems and their homework. My cousin is great because she gives me everything I need and when I get mad she helps me and makes me feel better. I really really love my cousin because she is number one to me and also my aunt and my grandmother are so proud of her and she makes me proud.

Page created on 5/6/2010 12:00:00 AM

Last edited 5/6/2010 12:00:00 AM

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