Photo By Keith Hayes | Lance Corporal Cristina Zamora, a native of South Central Los Angeles, sorts mail at...... read more read more
Lance Corporal Cristina Zamora is the Marine of the Quarter for Marine Corps Logistics Base Barstow for the first quarter of 2016.
Zamora is a postal clerk with Headquarters Battalion who said she worked for the honor.
“It’s a big accomplishment being Marine of the Quarter for me because I’m a big goal-oriented person,” Zamora said. “I will do everything I can to achieve that goal. At the end of the day the reason that I’m so proud of everything that I’ve accomplished is that I’ve earned it.”
The 24-year-old Zamora said she came from South Central Los Angeles and managed to rise above the difficulties of those surroundings because of the many examples her family and extended family set for her.
“I grew up in a military and law enforcement environment,” Zamora explained, “and I have a lot of aunts and uncles who are in the military.”
Zamora said the cost of finishing her education at the University of California Riverside was a large hurdle and the educational benefit was one of the reasons she joined the Marines.
She also had to show her six siblings that they could achieve in life just as she had.
“I wanted to set a good example for my younger brothers and sisters,” Zamora said.
Determination and a will to succeed drives Zamora’s career in the Marines, and she credits strong family ties and inspiration from the people she works with every day.
“My support system consists of my family, a lot of the people in this command and several NCOs that I look up to and eventually want to emulate,” Zamora said.
She also competed to be the female Marine to represent the base in the first Corps-wide HITT Ultimate Tactical Athlete Championship last year.
Zamora wants to go in to the educational field if she decides to get out of the Corps.
“I want to be a middle school teacher so I can help out kids the way I was helped out during school,” Zamora said.
For the time being Zamora said she will continue to do her job to the best of her ability.
“You have to make the Marine Corps want to keep you, so I’m doing everything I can to look good, go above and beyond to get the job done so when time comes to re-enlist in the Corps will want me to continue.”
| Date Taken: | 04.08.2016 |
| Date Posted: | 04.13.2016 17:03 |
| Story ID: | 195305 |
| Location: | BARSTOW, CA, US |
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