Sophie Ortega

My name is Sophie Ortega, I was born on November 10, 2010 in Houston, Texas. My mom is from Mexico, Michacán, and so is my family. I am an only child, but I always wanted a sibling, unfortunately my mom will say “one is enough”. One day when I was 2 years old my grandma noticed that my thumbs and index fingers were stuck together. My grandma eventually told my mom and my mom took me to the doctors and the doctors told us that i need surgery to make them normal. After the surgery was completed my fingers got back to normal and to this day i have a scar from the surgery. I have one pet which is a rabbit named Daisy.

One of my hobbies is playing soccer. I have been playing soccer since I was 6, so I have been playing for about 8 years. I play in a soccer club named “RISE” I have been playing with RISE for 2 years and plan to stay there for the rest of my soccer journey. Another hobby I have is that I play volleyball but I don't take it seriously like soccer like how I play in a whole club. Volleyball is just something I do in my free time. One last hobby I do is playing the flute. Once again I don't take my flute seriously like volleyball. Flute is another thing i do in my spare time and not to mention i'm not that bad in the flute. Out of every hobby I do, I take soccer the most seriously because it has been in my life for more than half of my life and the others are just things I like to do in my free time.

Some accomplishments I have achieved is that I have been having advanced classes my whole middle school year and I will try my hardest to stay on having advanced classes. Also in my classes I have accomplished having good grades. Another one is I have accomplished getting into A team in volleyball and I have learned new skills to improve my playing. I have also accomplished getting into a good soccer club and being able to play on one of the top teams that the club has. Another one of my achievements is that I have been a better and helpful person to others.

Some goal I would like to achieve this year is I would like to keep having good grades and just focus on school and sports, basically not focus on any drama or anything, because I felt like last year I was focusing on other things that just didn’t matter and that made me struggle a little bit in school. Since I have learned not to focus on unnecessary things, I would like to just focus on school and sports and nothing else. Some other goal that I would like to accomplish is to stay on being more organized and not just be all over the place and not knowing where things are. Last year I felt like I wasn't very organized and I would always lose things and just not be ready for school.