reading the essays that got me into harvard! + college essay tips and tricks

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  • Опубликовано: 25 дек 2024

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  • @pranathipothala6800
    @pranathipothala6800 4 года назад +616

    I was admiring your essays and all of sudden realised you come from a telugu background - That made me so happy and it was an inspiration for me being a Telugu girl

    • @abhiavasarala5704
      @abhiavasarala5704 3 года назад +19

      OMG, even I am a Telugu guy, from Hyderabad, India. Aspiring to become a Harvard Student ✌

    • @arara__
      @arara__ 3 года назад +5

      Im from Andhra Pradesh and I'm Telugu too!!! Love you queen

    • @aaravash92
      @aaravash92 3 года назад +2

      I am from karnataka but I speak Telugu too

    • @aaravash92
      @aaravash92 3 года назад +1

      @@abhiavasarala5704 hey can we discuss about colleges on IG? Drop your IG

    • @likhitaallada4300
      @likhitaallada4300 3 года назад +3

      Even I am a Telugu girl

  • @ramahkandi1146
    @ramahkandi1146 4 года назад +586

    Your optional essay is amazing and very touching.

    • @SonyaRenuka
      @SonyaRenuka  4 года назад +22

      thank you!

    • @meis_amira
      @meis_amira 3 года назад +1

      who knows how can i send my essay to harvard any help please

    • @Naveen-tq7cg
      @Naveen-tq7cg 3 года назад +3

      @@meis_amira you can apply through the common application or the coalition application! Harvard's website will have all the answers, though there's only two days to the deadline...

  • @hannahbottarel1379
    @hannahbottarel1379 4 года назад +98

    Queen of the common app 🥰

  • @lovelott21
    @lovelott21 3 года назад +93

    I loved your optional essay! I love the thought and the creative factor put on the output! 🥺💖🌸

  • @kelliandthekids7901
    @kelliandthekids7901 4 года назад +144

    You have such great essays, thank you so much for sharing them. I wish you the best of luck!!!

  • @yohanserarias8904
    @yohanserarias8904 4 года назад +39

    This is the video most like me 🥺. My favorite part was "Relax"

  • @dramasandkpop46
    @dramasandkpop46 4 года назад +155

    Damn🌝 you deserve harvard girllllll!!!!!!

  • @hueningkaj
    @hueningkaj 3 года назад +13

    Watching this at the beginning of my junior year planning on applying to Harvard, thank you for making this!!

  • @AlleEsor28
    @AlleEsor28 4 года назад +85

    These essays were beautiful!!!!!

  • @ohmpatel8308
    @ohmpatel8308 4 года назад +79

    no wayyyy. I started writing the optional essay for Harvard couple weeks ago and I open with the same lunchbox story, but I go a different route with it lol

    • @stobit2519
      @stobit2519 3 года назад +2

      So did you get in?

    • @arianavillasenor4135
      @arianavillasenor4135 3 года назад

      ^ did you get in?

    • @ohmpatel8308
      @ohmpatel8308 3 года назад +2

      @@stobit2519 I ended up writing about something else. I got deferred. Find out again in a week

    • @kyle7833
      @kyle7833 3 года назад

      @@ohmpatel8308 did you end up getting in?

    • @amysabeen6192
      @amysabeen6192 3 года назад +1

      @@ohmpatel8308 hi how did it go?

  • @ebuberoseanne2184
    @ebuberoseanne2184 4 года назад +19

    Lovee your optional essay girlll

  • @sarahwayd4292
    @sarahwayd4292 4 года назад +39

    Thank you so much for sharing your experience and advice!!

  • @saakshiiii
    @saakshiiii 3 года назад +26

    Just 4 min in the video and I am in love with your work you really deserve Harvard or Harvard deserved you
    Lots of love and All the best for future
    From India ❤️

  • @rubhoob3431
    @rubhoob3431 4 года назад +18

    Never let anyone make you feel bad about yourself.

  • @xo4jess
    @xo4jess 2 года назад +8

    Yk I’ve always wanted to go to college, but I wasn’t sure which college I should go for. But I have high hopes and faith to make it to Harvard or Yale depending on where my life takes me. I’m a hard worker and am very dedicated but know what there is always a chance it won’t work out and already have back up options available!

  • @lululopez7729
    @lululopez7729 3 года назад +8

    Why don't you have more subs?? You're amazing!

  • @cpt.cap-not3418
    @cpt.cap-not3418 3 года назад +21

    You just exactly showed things that I was searching for😭❤️
    Much Love ❤️
    Hope you have a significant career

  • @samriddhisingh5340
    @samriddhisingh5340 3 года назад +6

    luv your essays...

  • @theresaibonye5398
    @theresaibonye5398 4 года назад +76

    Hi. You’re essays are really great. I’m applying to Universities right now and I have to write a couple of essay too so this was very helpful. How long did it take you do write these essays?

    • @davidpage411
      @davidpage411 3 года назад +1

      ruclips.net/video/HVFk4Oh1r14/видео.html

  • @Jacqueline8
    @Jacqueline8 2 года назад +3

    Your optional essay was inspiring, thank your for sharing :)

  • @hershey1373
    @hershey1373 4 года назад +20

    Same experience with the lunchbox thing in elementary school 😂

  • @vedanjali8131
    @vedanjali8131 4 года назад +7

    Can you please please please please please please please make a video for dorm tour when you get settled. 🤙🏻✌🏻

  • @srilakshmi5369
    @srilakshmi5369 Год назад

    Hey :) it shocked me when you said you were from Hyd! I've been living in Hyd my whole 16 years of life, with short three-day trips to temples in the south- nowhere else. For some reason, hearing that someone with the same hometown as me in such a big college inspired me so much and I'm literally looking up to you with big puppy eyes

  • @yagurl154
    @yagurl154 4 года назад +10

    Can you make a tutorial on how you organized or created your spreadsheet

    • @SonyaRenuka
      @SonyaRenuka  4 года назад

      i included a brief description in another comment!

    • @alexanderbroose3027
      @alexanderbroose3027 3 года назад

      ruclips.net/video/3WuqozvnAV4/видео.html

  • @sahasra2289
    @sahasra2289 2 года назад

    WAIT UR TELUGU OMG THIS JUST GAVE ME HOPE 😢😢😢TQQ

  • @ishanvisvanath3089
    @ishanvisvanath3089 3 года назад +5

    You don’t need Harvard,Harvard needs you

  • @Unncaptured
    @Unncaptured 4 года назад +1

    Please make a video on how to apply !

  • @seasons1146
    @seasons1146 2 года назад +40

    i cant believe an essay as expressive as this can get scholarships. if this essay was sent to any uni in my country it would have been rejected so fast for not being "academic enough". im very surprised.

    • @davidandhisyoutube6774
      @davidandhisyoutube6774 2 года назад +14

      these essays are usually only 650 words, you can't write you're life story nor have an advanced story with these limitations. in fact, trying to make it all come together within those limits is harder. many argue that it is ineffective when writing about yourself because of that limit. but this young lady went above and beyond with these essays because with those limits the story made sense and told the admission she wasn't like every other student. every admissions goal is to diversify their students' personalities by how they would suit their school. she showed that which is all that matters

    • @mariajones8304
      @mariajones8304 2 года назад +11

      Academic enough? It’s a short assay about her to grab attention! Not a spacious novel. She includes academics and other stuff in her resume. That is just so they will get a little idea of who she is, it’s not supposed to be complicated or anything

  • @nel3901
    @nel3901 4 года назад +4

    Please make a video about your Amherst essays!

    • @SonyaRenuka
      @SonyaRenuka  4 года назад +1

      i submitted the same main essay!

  • @varshapatibandla485
    @varshapatibandla485 3 года назад +1

    OMG YOU'RE TELUGU TOO??? YES REPRESENT FOR US SHAWTY!!!!

  • @naiaramenezes8303
    @naiaramenezes8303 3 года назад +17

    The lunch story 😭😭 the exact same with me and I forced my parents into giving me “normal food”

    • @alexanderbroose3027
      @alexanderbroose3027 3 года назад

      ruclips.net/video/gNBrdE_CR80/видео.html

    • @PravKathi
      @PravKathi 2 года назад +1

      i didn’t know this was universal 😭

  • @GlobalAssignmentHelpAustralia
    @GlobalAssignmentHelpAustralia 2 года назад +1

    Very helpful video for college students, keep going 🔥

  • @samdoesntknow
    @samdoesntknow 3 года назад +3

    Your essays are mind blowing. Hi to a fellow desi

  • @yanzheng4120
    @yanzheng4120 3 года назад +5

    Amazing young women! You got me inspired too!

  • @gemzzblitz2250
    @gemzzblitz2250 3 года назад +6

    Thank you for this ❤️ and your amazing

    • @SonyaRenuka
      @SonyaRenuka  3 года назад +2

      ty for watching

    • @gemzzblitz2250
      @gemzzblitz2250 3 года назад

      @Sonya Renuka thank you for being honest and very informational , and being the gracious person you are , seriously amazing ❤️

  • @brotega4500
    @brotega4500 4 года назад +28

    Just submitted my REA to Harvard today! And the wait begins...

    • @SonyaRenuka
      @SonyaRenuka  4 года назад +9

      good luck!

    • @user-cw8mf2cc1n
      @user-cw8mf2cc1n 3 года назад +1

      Did u get in?

    • @brotega4500
      @brotega4500 3 года назад +31

      @@user-cw8mf2cc1n yess!!! Still can’t believe it

    • @user-cw8mf2cc1n
      @user-cw8mf2cc1n 3 года назад +5

      @@brotega4500 proud of you! Congrats!

    • @aceland3819
      @aceland3819 3 года назад +6

      @@brotega4500 No way Congrats, upload a video it might go viral

  • @humairaabutalib2369
    @humairaabutalib2369 3 года назад +3

    omg girl i’m also hyderabadi! i’m trying to get into harvard for clinical psychology (phD)

  • @senpai6464
    @senpai6464 3 года назад +8

    Hi, I don't have any knowladge about writing essays and I want to practice writing essays so it will be perfect (I hope). But What should I do? I am comfused. I feel helpless :/

  • @abhignaisukametla4476
    @abhignaisukametla4476 2 года назад +11

    You're a telugu girl!!!! Well that's amazing. I'm telugu too and currently aiming for Harvard. Your video has literally given me hope 'Cause most of the time we donot find telugu people aiming for bigger things. ⭐hoping to see ya there -

  • @pranavkashmire4734
    @pranavkashmire4734 4 года назад +2

    heyy can you make a video on filling the common app essay and css profile

    • @SonyaRenuka
      @SonyaRenuka  4 года назад

      there are plenty of tutorials online! i'm not an admissions officer so it wouldn't be my place to do so.

  • @vanshikadhaka9282
    @vanshikadhaka9282 3 года назад +3

    Girlllll!!! Did I hear marvel!!. you're a hommie now❤️❤️😂😂
    Btw ur essay was amazing 👍👍👍

  • @vert6260
    @vert6260 3 года назад +3

    You are so underrated ! Ps: my favourite super hero is spider man !

  • @hershey1373
    @hershey1373 4 года назад +12

    I feel that i don't really have one main topic to write about in my commonapp essay,i have other aspects that i wanna include....should i jus choose 1 idea or try to include all of them?

  • @lauraferguson5366
    @lauraferguson5366 4 года назад +5

    You should do a video on your ecs

    • @SonyaRenuka
      @SonyaRenuka  4 года назад

      i have my ECs included on my other video!

    • @riya9310
      @riya9310 3 года назад

      @@SonyaRenuka are they the only one or you did more than it

  • @heatherrose888
    @heatherrose888 4 года назад +8

    for the activity essay r we supposed to write in story form or kind of just expand on an activity we listed in the activity list?? pls help!

  • @ahmadjaved4263
    @ahmadjaved4263 4 года назад +11

    Hi, harvard has kept the SAT optional for the upcoming intake. I have taken the test but it’s not that high. Do you think it’s a good idea to keep it in my application?

    • @value2887
      @value2887 4 года назад +13

      No

    • @ahmadjaved4263
      @ahmadjaved4263 4 года назад

      @M S thank you. Are you a Harvard alumni or a student? ( out of curiosity)

    • @ritugupta5682
      @ritugupta5682 4 года назад +4

      @@ahmadjaved4263 I definitely wouldn't include it if it's not at least at the 25th percentile of their admit SAT scores

    • @ahmadjaved4263
      @ahmadjaved4263 4 года назад

      @M S haha well I Have already applied... let’s me see what happens

    • @ahmadjaved4263
      @ahmadjaved4263 4 года назад

      @@ritugupta5682 haha no it’s not that low... anyway thank you and let me see what happens

  • @sujatadas2738
    @sujatadas2738 4 года назад +7

    Pls tell me how to prove those extracurricular activities

    • @edsradio5817
      @edsradio5817 4 года назад

      Can you review and edit my saqs for college, please (Preferably if your good with essay writing - leave an email please)8

  • @pranavkashmire4734
    @pranavkashmire4734 4 года назад +1

    heyy plz make a video on how to get a fee waiver for college appplications and also fee waiver for sat exam[since it has a lot benefits]

    • @SonyaRenuka
      @SonyaRenuka  4 года назад

      sorry, i do not have information on that. i suggest searching on google or contacting a college counselor or school counselor.

  • @norabing2461
    @norabing2461 3 года назад +2

    Thanks so much... I'm from Bangladesh... I was really anxious about the essays but thanks to you,..appi😍😍

  • @snehalk.4608
    @snehalk.4608 4 года назад +2

    Plz make a vdo related to extracurricular activities.

  • @zommyokoro4599
    @zommyokoro4599 4 года назад +5

    Great vid

  • @KronicNitron
    @KronicNitron 3 года назад +5

    I wrote 700 words for my additional essay. But it wasn’t thorough as yours. More emotional based and very basic but heavy hitting wit my explanation of my life.

  • @hiyashah2335
    @hiyashah2335 4 года назад +8

    please make an EC video!!!

    • @SonyaRenuka
      @SonyaRenuka  4 года назад +1

      maybe i will sometime, i have some of my ECs listed in my other vid!

    • @riya9310
      @riya9310 3 года назад

      @@SonyaRenuka please make an EC video it would be helpful for us

  • @Flotus88madame
    @Flotus88madame 4 года назад +3

    Bro ive read your essay on harvard class 2024 essay💕

    • @SonyaRenuka
      @SonyaRenuka  4 года назад +2

      sorry could you link me to this?

  • @Isha-ot6tc
    @Isha-ot6tc 3 года назад +5

    If I am applying to different universities and their essay prompts are same or similar, is it legal to sumbit the same essay to different universities?
    Also, my favorite superhero is WonderWoman.

  • @betty609
    @betty609 3 года назад +47

    I started to write an essay and it’s so similar to your main essay i hope they don’t think it as a copy 😭

    • @alexanderbroose3027
      @alexanderbroose3027 3 года назад

      ruclips.net/video/6PRJHBnqwfk/видео.html

    • @aqualuvie
      @aqualuvie Год назад

      Hi,,just wanted to ask did you get admitted into Harvard even though the essay was similar to the creator's??

  • @tulexia8841
    @tulexia8841 3 года назад +3

    Hi I am indo american with a dream of going to harvar I am 12 years old wish me luck. BTW A little backround on me I was born In America when my mom and dad was working there my mom and dad are Indians and since I was born there I am and Indian american

  • @falcon7636
    @falcon7636 4 года назад +8

    Hi there, I’m just wondering about your extracurricular activities during high school, I’m from Australia and nice to meet u.

    • @SonyaRenuka
      @SonyaRenuka  4 года назад +1

      i have them listed in the beginning of my college reaction video!

    • @riya9310
      @riya9310 3 года назад

      @@SonyaRenuka are they the only or you did more than it please please reply 🙏

  • @ct626
    @ct626 3 года назад +2

    Can u pls upload extracurricular essay too

  • @360wheelz5
    @360wheelz5 4 года назад +9

    "Desi" girl haha love that

  • @seemashelke6022
    @seemashelke6022 3 года назад +4

    Is the topic for all the essays (main, optional, intellectual experience and extracurricular) free choice?

    • @Nagaraj-ll7uy
      @Nagaraj-ll7uy 3 года назад

      only optional essay give u chance to write essay on ur choice

    • @alexanderbroose3027
      @alexanderbroose3027 3 года назад

      ruclips.net/video/6PRJHBnqwfk/видео.html

  • @rhacore.
    @rhacore. 3 года назад +3

    ur essay is so beautiful,, i hope u gain more subscribers ^_^

  • @allukumar9473
    @allukumar9473 4 года назад +6

    Did your classes start? Are they doing it online?

    • @SonyaRenuka
      @SonyaRenuka  4 года назад +3

      my classes start next week online, but i get the opportunity to stay on campus!

    • @allukumar9473
      @allukumar9473 4 года назад

      @@SonyaRenuka I was planning to apply as a transfer student. I have some pretty good credentials, all related to competative programming. But I don't think they are good enough for the ivy leagues. Could you recommend some other colleges that I should apply for.
      ❤️ from India

    • @SonyaRenuka
      @SonyaRenuka  4 года назад +2

      there are plenty of online resources to help you find which schools are a good match for you, like niche!

  • @roshanmemon5873
    @roshanmemon5873 2 года назад

    Do you think it's a good idea to include poetry in application essays for ivy league

  • @aimenmoten2240
    @aimenmoten2240 4 года назад +5

    This essay was great and your tips are superrrr helpful!! Wish I had seen the spreadsheet thing before :(

    • @SonyaRenuka
      @SonyaRenuka  4 года назад

      awww ty! good luck!!

    • @alexchege4242
      @alexchege4242 3 года назад

      I can help you write your essays, dissertations, assignments, and exams. Please contact me on (alexchege13@gmail.com)

  • @nourdarwish3123
    @nourdarwish3123 3 года назад +2

    Do you have to write different essays for each school you apply to or can you send the same ones to all the schools you apply to ??

    • @jasmine-fw4yq
      @jasmine-fw4yq 3 года назад

      it all depends. if you notice that many of the schools you’re applying to have similar prompts you can just reuse them and adjust accordingly!

  • @abbywoozproductions4685
    @abbywoozproductions4685 4 года назад +2

    Is there a way for you to send me a screenshot or link to the spread sheet you used for college essays to keep organize?

    • @SonyaRenuka
      @SonyaRenuka  4 года назад

      i might make that available in the future if i set up a website! it’s really simple, i just put the colleges on the left and the prompts on the right and checked off which colleges had what prompts in the empty space!

    • @abbywoozproductions4685
      @abbywoozproductions4685 4 года назад

      Sonya Renuka okay thank you!

  • @sherylsteinhauer6919
    @sherylsteinhauer6919 2 года назад

    Do you ever proofread personal statements for prospective students?

  • @yusraibrahim7121
    @yusraibrahim7121 2 года назад

    girl i already planned my essays even though im a freshman in hs 😭

  • @sazzadhossainfuad2328
    @sazzadhossainfuad2328 2 года назад +1

    You are so pretty 😊

  • @Riffyjiffy007
    @Riffyjiffy007 4 года назад +2

    thanks a lot!

  • @sakshisurve9668
    @sakshisurve9668 3 года назад

    What are you pursuing in harvard university?? I mean for which course you have enrolled yourself in Harvard university???

  • @zuleika9152
    @zuleika9152 3 года назад +7

    Hi I have a question! I'm planning to apply for Harvard and Stanford, but I'm from a country in Asia. Do I have to be good at mathematics to get in? I wanna take a science related course but I'm scared that it would require math as well. I'm not very intelligent when it comes to math.

    • @proffoctopus66yearsago22
      @proffoctopus66yearsago22 2 года назад +1

      If you're choosing Science, there wouldn't be any complicated Math involved in your course. At least that's what I think.

    • @proffoctopus66yearsago22
      @proffoctopus66yearsago22 2 года назад +1

      @The Ray R. My previous comment was related to the courses. Anyways, you're right too. There's a lot of discrimination in those regions T-T

  • @obaidulkhan9538
    @obaidulkhan9538 3 года назад +7

    Glad you shared your essay,
    All I wanted to say uf they copy then eventually they will get their punishment but if applicants like you doesn't provide the idea of personal essay writing to the world then we will be in great trouble cause many country doesn't have that much access so the best thing about you guys are you can help us a lot with this essays
    Stay tuned for us

  • @sexyqueen4481
    @sexyqueen4481 4 года назад +2

    hey, you said you applied to 23 colleges and had to write lots of essays, if I did the same thing, could I just use one essay and not write different types for each college?

    • @SonyaRenuka
      @SonyaRenuka  4 года назад +1

      i was able to use my main essay for most colleges, but a lot of colleges require supplemental essays and sometimes those supplemental essays are very college specific so it isn't wise to reuse them, however sometimes you can finesse some of your essays to fit other prompts.

  • @anvianikeshgoswami1795
    @anvianikeshgoswami1795 3 года назад

    heyyy,,IK its a very wierd ques but like if we go to HARVARD or any other college like is it really different from university or like we have to do both of them ....please answer...thanks for tips yarr

  • @kevaughanneely5580
    @kevaughanneely5580 3 года назад +1

    Optional Essay 💯💯💯💯

  • @zzthelazy351
    @zzthelazy351 2 года назад

    I've got a question. what is the common app essay? I really dont understand what i'm supposed to write on that essay. like should we write about our personal experience or not?
    I hope i dont sound rude

  • @samabdalla9533
    @samabdalla9533 4 года назад +2

    wow , obsoletely this essay is the best one i have ever seen , and you are also amazing , intelligent ,beautiful girl , i do love you ,

  • @seemamann7653
    @seemamann7653 2 года назад +1

    Mam how to connect to you please can you tell .
    🙏🙏🙏

  • @subodhbadal1627
    @subodhbadal1627 3 года назад +1

    You should also write your essay in a description or comment so people like me can read themself. : )

  • @margotbell6068
    @margotbell6068 4 года назад +1

    dude i'm writing the optional essay right now and i think my word count is WAY over. What was the word count on your optional essay? What do you think is too much...

    • @SonyaRenuka
      @SonyaRenuka  4 года назад +1

      I personally only wrote about 400 words, but I've seen people write various lengths for their optional essay! Just make sure you're being concise and not repetitive and you're including what matters! :)

  • @sikesteep
    @sikesteep 4 года назад +2

    Can I get into Harvard after 10th please answer, I need this very much right now.

  • @litcomicsproductions5359
    @litcomicsproductions5359 2 года назад

    Hey what is the personal essay template exactly?

  • @ragtop63
    @ragtop63 2 года назад

    Funny thing about essays, I've never had to write one in my extensive career... ever.

  • @manyamishra4920
    @manyamishra4920 Год назад

    can anyone please tell me where I can find essay prompts for ivy league universities for international undergraduate applicants?

  • @sialmfao
    @sialmfao 2 года назад

    As a punjabi girl.. the lunch story rlly touched me

  • @hydrocxtie
    @hydrocxtie 8 месяцев назад

    Can you tell your stats and extracurricular please?

  • @Aryan-te1qz
    @Aryan-te1qz 4 года назад +15

    Yeahhhhh , INDIAN💓

  • @juliettetrabal
    @juliettetrabal 3 года назад

    WAIT are common apps obligated?? To have? I wasn't thinking of submitting common app just because in my commonwealth we dont use it

  • @Helllfireee
    @Helllfireee 3 года назад +1

    Here is your new subscriber.

  • @mochi.m
    @mochi.m 4 года назад +5

    I'm in eighth grade and... Wow. I don't even think I can get into an Ivy League-

    • @SonyaRenuka
      @SonyaRenuka  4 года назад +5

      don’t say that! you still have so much time! just spend time enjoying your high school life and do the things you love! :)

    • @mochi.m
      @mochi.m 7 месяцев назад

      @@SonyaRenukaoh my lord i came back to this video and now i’m stressing as a junior 😭😭

  • @anjanasaiju1221
    @anjanasaiju1221 3 года назад

    HI, IM from India and I couldn't write AP s. could you suggest me some dual degree programs?

  • @संजयमिश्राभोपाल

    Hey sis which subject you are pursuing in Harvard

  • @SonyaRenuka
    @SonyaRenuka  4 года назад +7

    comment any other type of videos you'd like to see!

  • @atypicalanisha5781
    @atypicalanisha5781 3 года назад +2

    Very inspiring!

  • @zaimatulhurriyyah1634
    @zaimatulhurriyyah1634 2 года назад +3

    I hope my sons and my daughters got into Harvard, Stanford, MIT.

  • @TeleabGidey
    @TeleabGidey 2 месяца назад

    It so best thanks but I am weak to her because I don't have more experience of hearing English so help me by writing it by massage

  • @riya9310
    @riya9310 3 года назад

    Please please make a video on extracurricular that would be so so so helpful 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏

  • @emmaarteaga2995
    @emmaarteaga2995 4 года назад +1

    What part of Texas are you from?