Then, I finally moved to Jamaica,
Queens. I love this place out of
all mostly because I’m used to it,
everything is around me as in
trains, stores, and supermarkets. I
also made lots of friends so I
wouldn’t want to move in a
while. I am the middle child in
my family. Sister is twenty and
little brother is three. I still
remember him being born on
New Year’s Day. I took that as a
sign that he was basically a new
beginning for our family tree.
When I still lived in Peru I was
always with my grandmother.
My grandma and I have a special
bond. My favorite memory with
my Peruvian grandmother is that
she would be the only one that
would play with me when other
kids didn’t want to. comfort me
no matter what. My aunt always
made time for me especially
because she is also my
godmother. Whenever I tell her I
want to go hang out with her she
would come right away.
I got my name “Melani
Salinas” from my dad. One time
my dad was watching TV. Out of
the blue, he heard the name Melani
and ending up loving the name so
much ave he git to me. The crazy
story that my mom told me about
when I was born I that my
umbilical cord was wrapped around
my neck while my mom was
pushing me out so, I was basically
choking to death during labor. My
mom said she was crying and was
praying to god so that I wouldn’t
pass away. I was born in Peru and
moved to Coney Island, Brooklyn
at the age of five. It was scary at
first, but I started meeting people
so I kind of got used to the area.
Right after 3rd grade I moved to
Astoria in Queens. I liked the area.
It was all houses and what not.
Then, I finally moved to Jamaica,
Queens. I love this place out of all
mostly because I’m used to it,
everything is around me as in
trains, stores, and supermarkets. I
also made lots of friends so I
wouldn’t want to move in a while. I
am the middle child in my family.
All About Me.
Melani Nicole Salinas
ACTIVITIES
My favorite hobby is singing. It’s still
my hobby. I can’t play any instruments,
sadly. My first dance was in
kindergarten. When I graduated from
Kindergarten we had like a mini prom
so the little boys got to ask the girls to
prom and what not. I got the cutest guy
in the class which was cool. This was in
Peru by the way. My favorite sport will
forever be basketball. I’ve loved to play
basketball ever since I was 3 years old.
My dad doesn’t really encourage me to
play that sport because he is more a
soccer type of man, but after I
explained myself and told him that
basketball was my favorite sport, he
realized that he should just let me be
and let me play whatever sport I decide
to play. I still am on a team and I play
Point Guard.
I’ve had a best friend before.
Things were going great until
we switched schools and what
not. We have shared many
different adventures together.
But, my absolute favorite one
has to be the time we went on
trips in middle school
everything was just so much
fun and I loved being with her.
There’s nothing really unique
with my family and I. We’re
like any normal family. The
holiday tradition that we have
is to eat at around ten and then
when the clock strikes twelve,
music comes up and everyone
is handed their presents. After
that all you hear is people
laughing and screaming at what
they got.
My favorite hobby is
singing. It’s still my hobby. I
can’t play any instruments,
sadly. My first dance was in
kindergarten. When I graduated