Mariana Cardenas



"About Myself " Hi my name is Mariana Cardenas and I am a student going into the 7th grade. I am a person whose life is dedicated to family, school, dancing, and just having a great time. As I said I love to dance, every day in school I take dance classes in the magnet dance program in South Miami Middle School. I also take dance classes after school in InMotion Dance Center for jazz and tap and in Ballet Etudes for ballet and point. I also have an interest in writing, science, and in mathematics. I know that in the Young Scholars Program, Ecology for the Urban Student, I will learn many things. This will help me make a decision to see which road I will take in life. I also wanted to be in this program to study about nature and to do things other than dancing. I guess this program will explain to me what other things I may be really good at and again this will help me decide my future.

"The Cycle "

The sun sets then the moon starts gleaming then a few hours later the opposite happens, this turns into a cycle. But what happens if no one is left to see it, and you should see that this happening right at this instant . All nature is a cycle humans depend on a source and animals depend on each other But soon enough if animals such as us start disappearing other animals such as humans won't have anything to depend on. This will happen but no one cares, man just assumes that all the sources he uses will be there for the rest of his life. But this is not true and he should know. One day he will find out that the cycle has ended.

"The Voice"

My body is decaying slowly Once I was like the white Anhingas and the swampy marshes, floating higher and higher. But now this is all gone, gone Can you really believe this ? Mankind has destroyed and established a profit on my land, land that was once my own. Here at the Everglades like all over the world, there are very few animals that are not extinct and barely any habitats to live on. Canals are now built to fix lives of farmers but actually they are destroying everything else Possibly man will mature and regret what he has done. But this will take power only the power of one voice, such as I was.

My Personal Links :

  • Ecology site
  • Animal site
  • Favorite site
  • The Program Links :

  • Ecology for Urban Students 1996 Home Page
  • Department of Biology Home Page