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I celebrate Black History Month by

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honoring those that came before me ,

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whether that be historical figures or

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even family members . So for example ,

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I look up to my parents , especially my

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dad . Um he's an Air force veteran . He

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pushed me to join . And at first I

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didn't really understand why . And it's

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like being in for five years now , a

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lot of the opportunities he didn't have

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I have now . So being represented for a

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Black History Month and being a woman

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in the military is definitely a huge

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opportunity . Now I get it and being

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able to make art for my

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culture and for everyone around me is

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another way that I celebrate . So

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making rugs is a huge detail game .

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Like there are so many things that you

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have to pay attention to and one small

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detail could mean you have to start

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over and the same thing goes with the

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Air Force and making sure that you're

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not wasting resources and money because

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a lot of times you can't get that back .

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I think that is super important that we

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continue to highlight our airmen

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because our hobbies are how we

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decompress from the mission that we get

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after every day .