About Lacey MacDonald

Hi, my name is Lacey MacDonald, I am a 20 years old and living in the Salt Lake Valley. I am currently a college student at SLCC and just landed a great internship with C.A.P. through the Youth EmployAbility Services (Y.E.S.). The Y.E.S. program is a Salt Lake County program which allows individuals to obtain hands-on job experience by working with various organizations.

I am a very headstrong individual who fights for what they have and works for what they don't have.

Growing up I had alot of troubles in school and in family life. I raised myself from a small child due to my mother being a single mom, working most of the time, and the time she hoem, she would lay in bed all day. I cooked, I cleaned, and I taught myself what I needed to know to survive from 4 yrs up.

I look at how I was raised as child and I smile, most people would look at the negativity of neglect that I was exposed to as a child. I laugh and think to myself would I be the same strong opinionated, resourceful young women that I am today if I was raised any differently? Learning how to fend for myself as a young child and how to tend my own needs is what I strongly believe prepared to to take on the world.

When I reached 13, I was put into foster care. I moved around so much I never stayed in a place long enough to call home. Going through so many different homes I had to deal with quite a few prejudice environments for I was always different so I was alway their scapegoat of judgement.

Myabe it's my firm believe that I would rather be hated for what I am, rather than loved for what I am not. But one thing is for sure, I am one who marches to the beat of my own drum.

Looking on my teen years of going through DCFS (foster care system), I think of all the homes that I lived in and think of the impression and impact they had on my life. Even with all the negative homes that I lived in, there was some positive, for those homes made me strong, those homes made me determined to fight, those homes lit a fire inside that drives my passion to succeed for I made the weakness they saw in me and made it my strength.

Each one of those homes I went to, I took a part of them and made it a part of me, which is the key factor of why I am so resourceful, open minded, and head strong to drive for what I want.

My dream in life is to travel the world and eventually go on a back packing trip across Europe. I have also taken voice lessons and trained my voice to Opera, Jazz, Rock, and now I am working on the growl in my voice for my main focus of music is going to be in the main genre of Rock. Hopefully one day, I can make something out of it. But until I master the growl in my voice, I am still prepping opera story lines and scripts, another side project of mine.

On my spare time I paint, draw, study symbols of ancient cultures, and work on music lyrics. I alo love training my body and am looking for a new martial arts studio to do training. So far, I have taken a little of Karate, Aikido, and Moo Go Do. I am still trying to find an art that I feel comfortable enough to master and test my body.

My other dream is to help people, or as silly as it may sound, but help fix the world and its problems and I often ponder on alternative ways to help eliminate poverty, ways to get the economy back on track, end child labor, and think of ideas to help the people barely making it by in society instead of just supporting the rich.

I plan to make my place in this world and have a big impact...
To follow the erg of man and be more than what I am
I am born survivor and a natural fighter... with many aspirations and goals who the only standing in my way is me.

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