Isla Gomez

As a little kid, I was like my dad's like kind of tomboy. I'd always buy construction, little kids kit, and I would always go around the house with like plastic toys. Me and my dad are the type of person where we take something that is not good and we reform it to make it into a better place. When something's not designed properly, it doesn't feel that good.

As a little kid, I was like my dad's like kind of tomboy. I'd always buy construction, little kids kit, and I would always go around the house with like plastic toys. Me and my dad are the type of person where we take something that is not good and we reform it to make it into a better place. When something's not designed properly, it doesn't feel that good.

Like walking into a house that is just like simple, there's no design. It just feels down. And when you reform it, it brings another life.

Like walking into a house that is just like simple, there's no design. It just feels down. And when you reform it, it brings another life.

Yes. So this was a fifth grade science fair. First, I have to do kind of like the blueprint. So I went to my cousin and we drew like the measurements and everything. And then I went to my dad. It was for a ramp to like define gravity. If we were to drop something, it would fall like on the ramp and it would flip up. My dad took me, one of my favorite stores, it's Lowe's and Home Depot.

Yes. So this was a fifth grade science fair. First, I have to do kind of like the blueprint. So I went to my cousin and we drew like the measurements and everything. And then I went to my dad. It was for a ramp to like define gravity. If we were to drop something, it would fall like on the ramp and it would flip up. My dad took me, one of my favorite stores, it's Lowe's and Home Depot.

And you know, that's my dad's automatic favorite store because he always has to be there. And we had to buy wood, nails, and we had to use like the saw because the corners had to connect. So we had to cut it diagonally to connect. So he taught me like measurements too. I got to do this with my dad. I was able to present it to my class. I was able to show it to my teacher.

And you know, that's my dad's automatic favorite store because he always has to be there. And we had to buy wood, nails, and we had to use like the saw because the corners had to connect. So we had to cut it diagonally to connect. So he taught me like measurements too. I got to do this with my dad. I was able to present it to my class. I was able to show it to my teacher.

And I got so congratulated for it at school that it's just like, oh my God, everybody's going to know me. Everybody's going to know my dad. I'd be like, do you know my dad does construction? He can build your house. And I'd offer, I'd be like, he can do things for you. He can build your house. I would actually walk around with my parents' card in my purse offering everybody.

And I got so congratulated for it at school that it's just like, oh my God, everybody's going to know me. Everybody's going to know my dad. I'd be like, do you know my dad does construction? He can build your house. And I'd offer, I'd be like, he can do things for you. He can build your house. I would actually walk around with my parents' card in my purse offering everybody.

I always wanted to work with my dad. I'm not going to be able to, you know, carry all the shingles, the roofs and everything that he does. But I'm going to like do what my dad does, which is why I went to college for architecture and interior design. So eventually in the future, I could work with my dad's company.

I always wanted to work with my dad. I'm not going to be able to, you know, carry all the shingles, the roofs and everything that he does. But I'm going to like do what my dad does, which is why I went to college for architecture and interior design. So eventually in the future, I could work with my dad's company.

His dream was always for us to go to college and pursue something that we have passion for because they weren't able to choose their own path. Like, you're not born saying, I'm going to clean toilets. I'm going to be a contractor. You're born thinking, like, I want to be a businesswoman. I want to go after this. I want to have my own company. I want to have my own home.

His dream was always for us to go to college and pursue something that we have passion for because they weren't able to choose their own path. Like, you're not born saying, I'm going to clean toilets. I'm going to be a contractor. You're born thinking, like, I want to be a businesswoman. I want to go after this. I want to have my own company. I want to have my own home.

And it's just like, I feel like that's what their main goal for us was, that we're able to choose our own path. My dad, he's always been the person to tell us, work hard, nothing's gifted, nothing's handed, go after it.

And it's just like, I feel like that's what their main goal for us was, that we're able to choose our own path. My dad, he's always been the person to tell us, work hard, nothing's gifted, nothing's handed, go after it.

I would always ask my dad, like, should we worry? And he'd always tell us like, no, like there's don't worry as much as obviously when I'm alone, when anybody's alone, you always have that thought in the back of your mind. Like, what am I going to do? What if things go down? Well, like, obviously we worry at all times, but,

I would always ask my dad, like, should we worry? And he'd always tell us like, no, like there's don't worry as much as obviously when I'm alone, when anybody's alone, you always have that thought in the back of your mind. Like, what am I going to do? What if things go down? Well, like, obviously we worry at all times, but,

But I try not to because if my dad himself could be positive through something like this and always tell us that, don't worry, like, things are always going to get better, I'm not going to stay here and panic.

But I try not to because if my dad himself could be positive through something like this and always tell us that, don't worry, like, things are always going to get better, I'm not going to stay here and panic.