America Perez

Hey, my name is America Perez. I am 17 years old and a senior at Weslaco East high school. I was born in Weslaco, Texas on February 20, 2002 in Knapp Hospital, but was raised in Edcouch-Elsa until I was 11 years old. My family moved to Weslaco when I was going into 6th grade just because my brother wanted to be a Wildcat. I have two older brothers, Jesus and Adrian, and one younger sister, Miracle.

I have always been interested in starting a business and making money and being an entrepreneur, but I have also always wanted to help people when they are stressed, have anxiety, or have personal issues they need fixed. So, I plan on attending St. Mary’s University in San Antonio. It is only three hours away from me, and I will be living on campus in Lourdes Hall. I want to double major in Psychology and Business in order to become a clinical psychologist with my own practice and my building as well as other places people can visit to talk to other psychologists. I hope to live and work in San Antonio because by then I would have already been familiar with the area.