My name is Denese Sivixay and I am the daughter of Thongkhanh and Montha Sivixay. I graduated from Klein Forest High School in May of 2006. I received a two thousand dollar scholarship from the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board for graduating early. In my spare time I go to my dad’s mechanic shop and help him out. Even though I cannot fix cars, I still manage to help him with customers. I like the fact that my dad is his own boss because he owns the place. Therefore I look up to my dad when I want to major in business management. Since I have been helping him out at the shop, I notice that I am great in sales. Not to mention that it gave me a lot of experience in accounting and bookkeeping. I can talk to people and know what to say to make them want to buy the product that I am selling. Being good in sales is great for business management because I practically have to sell to make money. As of now I am currently attending Tomball Community College to get my basics. After my two years I am going to transfer to the University of Houston. There they have the Bauer College of Business. I plan to get an Executive M.B.A. which will approximately take me six to eight years. That is what I am planning to do but things may change in the future so I am not too sure. Although I am sure that business is my main goal to establish. I want to succeed in life so I can be independent and not have to rely on my parents all the time. As I get older I know how hard it is in the real world. Also I would like to help repay my parents and take care of them like how they took care of me. Everyone knows that responsibilities involve work and work comes from knowledge and that knowledge is taught from college. So my main goal is succeed through college and let my parents see me graduate and make it on my own in the future!