1 00:00:00,440 --> 00:00:03,950 thank you think so you said your dad's 2 00:00:03,950 --> 00:00:05,160 and in video Yankees 3 00:00:09,640 --> 00:00:12,960 dinner . Right you are dad ? 4 00:00:13,540 --> 00:00:16,350 Uh huh . Okay . 5 00:00:17,640 --> 00:00:19,690 Hi , my name is venezia Christopher 6 00:00:19,690 --> 00:00:23,140 mora And my age is I'm 10 years 7 00:00:23,140 --> 00:00:26,100 old . I'm random Martinez . I'm 14 8 00:00:26,100 --> 00:00:29,620 years old . I've lived , I was born in 9 00:00:29,630 --> 00:00:33,490 Japan , Okinawa Okinawa Japan and 10 00:00:33,500 --> 00:00:37,110 then I moved to north Carolina and then 11 00:00:37,120 --> 00:00:39,640 I moved to hawaii and I ended up here 12 00:00:39,640 --> 00:00:43,030 in hawaii . I was born in new 13 00:00:43,030 --> 00:00:46,990 york and I moved to California then 14 00:00:47,000 --> 00:00:50,860 to Okinawa Japan into pennsylvania 15 00:00:50,860 --> 00:00:53,140 and north Carolina . Then I moved to 16 00:00:53,150 --> 00:00:56,720 hawaii . Some cool things about having 17 00:00:56,720 --> 00:00:58,831 a parent that's in the military which 18 00:00:58,831 --> 00:01:02,700 is my dad in the military is that I get 19 00:01:02,710 --> 00:01:05,680 to see some cool things like weapons 20 00:01:05,680 --> 00:01:08,170 and tanks that most other people don't 21 00:01:08,170 --> 00:01:10,226 get to see . And I also get to go to 22 00:01:10,226 --> 00:01:12,920 different places And get seen new 23 00:01:12,930 --> 00:01:15,097 cultures that have never seen before . 24 00:01:15,097 --> 00:01:17,319 My mom is a veteran shoes in the Marine 25 00:01:17,319 --> 00:01:19,263 Corps for four years and my dad is 26 00:01:19,263 --> 00:01:21,510 active duty in the Marine Corps . I am 27 00:01:21,510 --> 00:01:23,910 very happy that my dad is in the 28 00:01:23,910 --> 00:01:25,770 military right now . Active duty 29 00:01:25,770 --> 00:01:29,510 because I get the opportunity to go to 30 00:01:29,510 --> 00:01:31,470 a lot of places and I get to see 31 00:01:31,470 --> 00:01:33,748 different cultures and meet new people . 32 00:01:34,140 --> 00:01:38,080 I'm also able to have a good family 33 00:01:38,080 --> 00:01:41,260 connection with my siblings because of 34 00:01:41,260 --> 00:01:45,150 how our parents work and it just brings 35 00:01:45,150 --> 00:01:47,660 us closer . One thing else that's hard 36 00:01:48,040 --> 00:01:51,110 is that we have to move from different 37 00:01:51,110 --> 00:01:55,050 places and I have to lose some 38 00:01:55,050 --> 00:01:58,890 friends or they lose me . Military kids 39 00:01:58,900 --> 00:02:02,150 face several challenges . Um they move 40 00:02:02,150 --> 00:02:04,790 around frequently , often go to new 41 00:02:04,790 --> 00:02:07,650 schools , one or both parents might be 42 00:02:07,650 --> 00:02:10,270 gone for a long period of time . Um and 43 00:02:10,270 --> 00:02:12,492 just in general as a military kid , you 44 00:02:12,492 --> 00:02:14,714 might not know what's coming up next in 45 00:02:14,714 --> 00:02:16,603 your life . Working with military 46 00:02:16,603 --> 00:02:18,770 students has taught me how to make new 47 00:02:18,770 --> 00:02:20,992 friends quickly , how to feel at home , 48 00:02:20,992 --> 00:02:24,570 um , in a new place . And my military 49 00:02:24,570 --> 00:02:26,792 students have shown me how important it 50 00:02:26,792 --> 00:02:29,440 is to have people in your community 51 00:02:29,450 --> 00:02:31,617 that you can lean on when you're going 52 00:02:31,617 --> 00:02:33,783 through something tough . Working here 53 00:02:33,783 --> 00:02:35,728 at moka poo on Marine Corps Base , 54 00:02:35,728 --> 00:02:38,560 Hawaii has been a privilege and a treat 55 00:02:38,570 --> 00:02:41,870 and a great way to get plugged in here 56 00:02:41,880 --> 00:02:42,880 in this military 57 00:02:42,880 --> 00:02:47,750 community .