When Alexandra Enriquez Sanchez and her friend had finished up a test, her friend couldn’t help but think and say she did “really bad” on it. Enriquez Sanchez’ response to that was to reassure her.

“We did well and it doesn’t matter if we didn’t do well on the test. We can always see what we did wrong and improve from our mistakes.” Enriquez Sanchez said. 

When they got their tests back they ended up passing. 

“The way I try to be a positive role model is never thinking negatively and always looking forward to the future, never thinking about bad stuff happening and trying to think positive about stuff,” she said. 

A big part of Enriquez Sanchez and her positive attitude are her parents. They are her way of lifting her spirits when she’s feeling low. Both of her parents give her their full support no matter what she does, especially her dad. 

“Someone I look up to is my parents,” she said. “Mostly my dad because he always supports me no matter what I do, even if sometimes I’m in the wrong.”

Sanchez’s dad is not only a spirit lifter and motivator, he is also the biggest impact in her life. He migrated here and tried his best to give his kids as much as possible even if he didn’t have much at the end of the day.

“It’s mostly my dad that’s made a big impact on my life because he didn’t come from a lot, especially as an immigrant and he tried to give me and my siblings a better life,” she said.

Her mom is always there to help and show her how every negative thought that she’s ever had can turn into positive ones.

“If I get upset about something, she always tells me ‘Don’t ever get mad at something when you can resolve it. You’re making yourself frustrated for no reason when you can have a better outcome,’” Enriquez Sanchez said.

Enriquez Sanchez takes this advice and positivity everywhere she goes. She plans to put it towards helping others that are struggling and provide support and guidance for them so they can feel more confident in themselves.

“I want to expand my goal to help people that don’t think they have a voice by hearing them out first and then from there build public speaking in a small crowd. For example community events or school events,” she said.

Enriquez Sanchez wants to “make people who don’t think they could have a voice to speak up and with anything they are struggling with.” 

Whether it’s bullying or thinking no one would be able to hear what they have to say, she wants to make that difference.

“It’s just an impact that someone should make and someone will hear them out. I feel that hearing them out and telling their story would help them.”A Sacrifice for the Greater Good: how Alexandra Enriquez Sanchez keeps positivity all around.