I've never written anything about myself in The Daily. I know that I would have been an awful sports columnist, so I've stuck to writing articles about other people for other people. So bear with me here -- this final piece is for my family and for myself.

The past four years at The Daily have flown by, and I cannot believe I went from being scared to enter the office as a freshman to practically living there junior year. I decided to take a break from writing my senior year, but I couldn't bring myself to take a break from The Daily so I stayed as a desk editor.

In the words of my Daily mentor Jess Peters, "The Daily owns me." I think The Daily has this odd way of pulling you in once you become a part of it. I found myself defending this paper countless times whenever somebody bashed it without really knowing how much hard work goes into producing a college paper.

Anyhow, I wanted to thank those who supported me here, even if you never really picked up The Daily to read it.

Thank you to my friends who know that I love sports writing and for being interested when I talk about it. Thank you to my Durand drawmates and my Muwekma staff for understanding why I was never around during dinner or at night. Thank you to my peers, particularly Jess and Carling for being amazing sportswriters and beautiful, funny ladies.

Thank you to those (Andy) who heard me bitch about The Daily during the small crazy moments when I thought I hated it. Writers, thanks for stories turned in on time whenever I was editing because if you didn't, my head would have exploded inside the tiny sports office and people would have said, "See, I told you, you should stop working there."

Thank you to EICs and MEs for your hard work and friendliness, to Tim Crews in Willows for being my grandpa in the world of journalism and to everyone who wrote recommendation letters as got one step closer to my dream.

I reached that goal last summer when I covered the Dodgers for MLB.com. Now, I don't really know what's next ... but that's okay. Hopefully it will come to me while I do nothing this summer but relax, enjoying the scenic country and warm beaches of Mexico ...

(And now, I originally wrote this in Spanish but decided to write it in English, just in case someone other than my family is reading this.)

Papi, thanks for reading every one of my articles, for picking up The Daily every time you came to visit me, even in issues in which I hadn't written anything, only edited.

Mami, thank you for going into Papi's room, stealing his paper, cutting it up and saving each one of my stories. You probably didn't read all of them, but you understood how much this meant to me.

Thank you, family, for all your support. I may not be graduating from human biology, engineering or pre-law, but I am graduating with a smile on my face and in my heart because you always told me to pursue whatever made me happy.

I love you guys.

Elizabeth can be contacted at Elizabeth.aguilar@stanford.edu.