Assignment 1: Introduction

Hello everyone! I am Karenna Fernandez and I am 20 years old. I am a senior at MSU, and a Family and Child Studies major with a concentration on k-5--like most FCST majors. I am currently enrolled in the Teacher's Education Program and I will be going out for my clinical I in the spring. I cannot wait to get out in the field and start working with children in a classroom! In addition, I am in the process of obtaining my certification for child advocacy. As for my future plans, I am uncertain as to where I want to go with my degree. I had originally planned on getting my masters for special education but, I am now uncertain. Taking my child advocacy courses have really sparked my interest in working as a social worker. However, don't get me wrong, I love working with students in a classroom, which is why I think I'm interested in being on the child study team in a school.

I am a manager at Chuck E. Cheese's in Wayne (HAHA laugh it up!). Many people ask me if I love the pizza and eat it all the time--yes I like to the pizza but after 4 1/2 years, it begins to get a little much! I have a love/hate relationship with my job because it is very flexible with school and I work with a great group of poeple, but, I work about 35 hours a week and with school it becomes a bit overwhelming at times. I plan on staying here until I graduate college and find a job in my field! I'd like to marry rich and travel the world, but that does not seem to be in my near future! :(

As for my family, I belong to a big Cuban family! I have three brothers, all which are older. I currently live with my parents and my brother closest to me in age. I have been blessed since the age of 9 with the joy of being an aunt. I have three gorgeous nieces that live in florida, and a nephew who lives closer to me. I am surrounded by many cousins, aunts/uncles, and friends who are considered family. I have a dog named Bella, which I forced my parents to keep in the house and now they are more obsessed with her than I am! I do not get along with my brother that lives in my house. Me and my other two brothers have a strong relationship. However, I am very close to my parents, particularly my mother, and we have a really strong bond. I guess that is one of the perks of being the only girl and the youngest! Being that I typically work weekends, and afternoons during the week, my time with my family is pretty limited. However, I love summertime because every Sunday my entire family comes over to my house and we have BBQ's, music,  and swim in the pool all day.

I am interested in learning about LGBT families. I have previously done projects and research on the LGBT community but I have not done much on families. This topic particularly interests me because two of my best friends came out to me within the past year. In addition, I am interested in learning about different races and ethnicities, particularly bi-racial families.

So, about this wiki webstie, I cannot even lie and say I did not struggle making this webiste because I most definately did! That could have possible been because I had my nieces yelling in the background, destroying their house, when I made my first attempt to making a page. My second try was relatively easier.