((PKG))  ALONDRA MIRELES   
((Banner:  Security Services))
((Reporter/Camera:  Kane Farabaugh))
((Map:  Dearborn, Michigan))  
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((Alondra Mireles, High School Graduate))

I have been playing violin for nine years.  I started when I was eight years old.  I was in third grade. That makes a total of nine years playing.  I made it all through high school, all through middle school.
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I started swimming when I was in seventh grade.  I had no idea how to swim.  My family encouraged me to join the swim team and I made it all the way through high school.  And I have been swimming for six years already.

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I am the first to graduate high school.  My mom has a GED (alternate high school diploma), as well as my aunts and my uncles. 
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Oh, it’s very hard.  You have to get those study habits going.  If it weren’t for my family, I wouldn’t be here, because, man oh man! You get some teachers that sometimes have a different way of explaining things.  So, you have to find a good teacher that will help you out, tutor you, and get a good group of friends that will help you out has well.
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Tonight, we are going to honors night at my school. 

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I got a 3.0 or higher all four of my high school years.
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Currently, I work as an intern at the Dearborn Police Station.  After I graduate, I plan on going into the National Guard, possibly getting a job in the military police.  Ever since I started doing a lot of community service, I knew that I really liked to help people.  And I know that obviously in the United States there is a lot of need, and pretty much anywhere in the world, there is a lot of need to help people.  And there is a need for leaders, and for people to step it up and take that charge.