Introduction
Hello everyone, My name is Lamya Young, a current senior at New Jersey City University. As well as being a full-time student I am also a student athlete for the track and field team. I am academically studying and majoring in biology as I am mainly interested in the human body and the way it works. However when I first attended NJCU for my first semester I was undecided for I was completely lost and confused on how I wanted to expand my education. Growing up I struggled with reading and writing. I was behind and frustrated because I couldn’t read chapter books like the rest of my class. My mom saw my struggle and gave my brother and I extra academic assignments to do such as flashcards with words and definitions, quizzes, and book summary assignments. Long nights were spent at the kitchen table and television was not just something I could do randomly, it was now a reward. Then every so often my mother would quiz my brother and I on our progress to make sure we were retaining the inf