My name is Kobe Rivera, I was born in Anaheim California, and I was raised in Garden Grove California. I come from a low-income household and my parents have given me the best life they could possibly give me, and I am, and I will be forever thankful for them. When I first started high school, I wasn't sure if college was for me, for my first two years I thought I would go to trade school, and I wouldn't care about my grades unless I wasn't passing but now, I really do want to go to college so I can help out my family and have a better future. I hope you can understand why my GPA may not be the most attracting but since around a quarter of the way through my junior year I realized how much I wanted to go to college and I'm hoping that my efforts to better myself and try to better my future pay off. I'm just asking you to take a chance on me and I promise I won't let you down.