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My name is Paola Castro. I am 17 years old, and this is my last high school year. Some peolpe say single mothers, fail rising their children most of the times.
Because of their lack of the father role example. I defintively think that my mother did a great job representign both roles. If it wasn't for my mom, i wouldn't be so inspired to complete my goals. One of my biggest goals, is to graduate with honors. It would be such a huge proud for my mother and family, maybe because I am the third of my family to make it to the end of high school, and the second with honors. 6 years ago, i had to make the decision of my life. But at then i didn't realize the matter of it. I decided to come to this country just to try and

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