I am a disabled veteran of the United States Air Force.  I also live with paranoid schizophrenia, complex PTSD, and major depression.  In the beginning of the breaks, I was left hopeless, mentally ill, and almost homeless.  I recovered.  I’ve fought my way through all of the symptoms, and now face a bright future.  It took ten years, but I’m still here, having never committed suicide.  I love, care, and nurture through volunteer activities.  I was just recently admitted to nursing school, beginning with the CNA I class, and was accepted to Harvard Medical School’s HMX online program for the interested.  I’m not stopping.  A creative writer, I didn’t let the schizophrenia take away my words.  I made books out of passion, a passion to communicate the most vulnerable times of my life.  I’m applying to Cornell University’s MFA program for creative writing this summer.  I also have hopes that I can complete my pre-medical requirements at Princeton University, and complete an MD at an elite university.  Your life can be amazing, as mine has already been.  I am fluent in French, and know other languages basically.  I have traveled to over a dozen countries.  I hold an MA in English with a GPA of 4.0.  I’ve worked, and still do.  Your life can be amazing, because you already are.  Try.  Try the medicine.  Try to soar.  It’s not hard for you.  We are the challenged, yes, but we are the amazing, too.