On our way

VIEWPOINT OF A TEXAS CHALLENGE ACADEMY CADET

I am here at Texas ChalleNGe Academy, and as I am writing this, I have been nominated as Cadet of the Week and I have been a squad leader. Being a squad leader can be frustrating at times, but I try my best to make sure that every cadet in Echo has someone to trust ad talk to.

Before coming to TCA, I grew up without my parents. My dad left when I was four-years-old, and I lost my mother when I was eight. My grandma and her boyfriend were never home, so at the age of nine, I had to learn how to take care of myself and two others. One was a two-year-old.