Isla Gomez

And when you reform it, it brings another life.

Yes.

I always wanted to work with my dad, 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.

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 have my own company.

I want to have my own home.

And it's just 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, you always have that thought in the back of your mind, like, what am I going to do?

What if things go down?

So he just shows up for his yearly check-in and you go there, you represent yourself, talk about whatever is being asked.

And that was about it.

After I was hyperventilating, I felt like my heart just left my chest.