By Andrew Hernandez
17 I lost my uncle after visiting him just three weeks before he passed away
16 I got my first piece, “I’ve Ate Everywhere” published in an anthology
15 I played on the Venice High football team
14 I got my heart broken
13 My uncle passed away
12 Got stereotyped and pulled up on by police and handcuffed like I’d done something bad. Asking me questions—if I had any weapons on me or if I was in a gang
11 My dad taught me how to drive
10 My grandma sadly passed away
9 Backed into a brick wall and tore it down
8 Went to Guadalajara, Mexico for the first time with my grandma, my parents and my two little sisters
7 I had to shave the rest of my hair off because I was messing around with hair clippers and ran the machine through my head with no clippers attached
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4 My grandpa passed away
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1 The beginning of my journey
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