Nicole Ramsey, ENGL 110C

8 February. 2012

Personal Memoir

Hungry for Success: A Memoir of Nicole Ramsey

Knowing I only have one life to live drives me to meet all of my expectations of

life’s fascinating adventures. For as long as I can remember, I have always dreamed of

becoming a successful business woman. Starting with being an early achiever, I have

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molded into an ambitious-minded young lady, and so far my future is looking bright. In

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spite of having a father who is terminally ill, I continue to be positive. As I reminisce of

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the victories and failures that have created me, Nicole Ramsey, I realize there is plenty
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more to come.

As a young child, I started off being an early achiever, which shaped me into who
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I have become today. Born in this world on September 18, 1992, the feisty yet loving
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Nicole Rebecca Ramsey “popped out with her eyes wide open like she had been here for

years” my mother says. I am the eldest of three; my sister following right behind me
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caused my first milestones to be learned a little earlier than average. My pregnant mother

could not hold two babies at the same time: one in her arms and one in her belly.
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Therefore, she encouraged my crawling, walking, and ultimately getting into everything
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around the house starting at six months. About five years later, every week at show and

tell in my kindergarten class, I was excited t tell my classmates that my mother was
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pregnant with my younger brother. My hardworking father and stay at home mother put

me at second in command at least while my father was at work. Basically, I learned my

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 place being my mother’s “right-hand man” and a big sister, which became of great value

years later. Childhood memories were typical: swimming in our backyard pool on

summer days, driving on annual family road trips, and eating my favorite Sunday night

dinners. An honor roll student, I always had a knack for schoolwork, which continues

today. At middle and high school level, I played softball helping lead my team to victory

at each game. Even during my adolescent days, I was destined to blossom.

My most valued hobby was doing hair, which inspired my “hustler” mentality.

Many people fail to realize that being able to do hair is not only a talent, but it is also an

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art especially in the African American community. The creative styles of braiding,

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twisting, and weaving gave me my motivation to be a hairstylist at a young age. It usually

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starts with me seeing a hairstyle I like, so I try to recreate it adding my personal flair in
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order for others would notice. Then everyone gives their opinion; either they like it and I

have a new customer or they do not and I hear plenty of criticism. This was my routine
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throughout high school, which forced me to do better and learn more. At an early age, I
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caught onto various people skills, cheap advertising, and hair fashion, techniques of an

ambitious businesswoman.
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I know I possess more than just several skills; I have determination to become a

business owner. My ambition to become successful keeps me in a positive mind frame

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despite the hardships in my life. My family learned a couple of years ago that my father
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had a tangerine-sized brain tumor. After it was removed, we also had to soak up that it

was aggressively cancerous and had risks of metastasizing to other parts of the brain. In
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the past few years, my life has been pretty unpredictable. It went from my father losing

eighty pounds due to radiation therapy to him being sued for causing a six car accident

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 after realizing he was not quite ready to drive again. Life has been crazy for my family

lately especially for my mother, yet my “right-hand man” abilities have kicked in. Also,

the ups and downs have kept my head up looking to a favorable future.

Currently, at a youthful age of nineteen, I am attending Old Dominion University

full time earning a bachelor’s degree of science in Accounting. I hope to follow up with

an MBA and begin my dreams of opening my own business. . Beginning with college, I

will learn the ins and outs of the business world starting with one financial side,

accounting, which happens to be my major. One day I will open my own hair business

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and will renting space within the salon to other hairstylists, so they can fulfill their

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dreams too. I started with being an early learner, and today I am continuing to grow

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ambitiously. Even though I am currently going through the hardship of my father having
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cancer, I am determined to reach my dreams. I told myself I want to live all the journey

life takes on me towards a successful future.

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