Tuesday, December 2: Draw a timeline showing the important events that have happened in your life.

Instead of drawing, I'll list the dates here:

• 1988: I was born in Sacramento, CA.
• 1989: My family moved to 4110 Mindt Court in Carmichael, CA.
• 1989: My great-grandmother died and we went to Chicago for the funeral. It was my first trip on an airplane.
• 1991: I started attending Shalom School, a Jewish Day School in Sacramento, CA. 
• 1991: My sister, Nirra, was born. Life was never the same after that!
• 1993: I began kindergarten in public school at Mission Avenue Open School.
• 1995: I left Mission and started second grade at Deterding Elementary school. I was nervous about making new friends!
• 1995: I started playing basketball for the 7-8 team at Deterding.
• 1999: I graduated from elementary school and went to Barrett Middle School for seventh grade.
• 2001: I received my bat mitzvah, which is a Jewish ceremony that you perform when you become an adult at the age of thirteen. I had to read from the Torah in Hebrew in front of all my friends and family.
• 2001: I graduated from middle school and started high school at Rio Americano high school.
• 2003: I stopped playing basketball and started doing yoga.
• 2006: I graduated from high school and moved to Chicago to go to college at the University of Chicago!
• 2006: I got a passport and took my first trip out of the country. I went to Spain, where Ms. Trigo is from!
• 2010: My dad and I both graduated! I finished college and he finished his graduate degree from UC Davis.
• 2010: I moved to New Orleans and started teaching pre-Kindergarten at KIPP.
• 2012: My grandpa died. I flew to CA for the funeral.
• 2013: I left KIPP and started teaching third grade at Benjamin Franklin.