Essay About Moving America

My family consists of five people including myself. I live with both my mom and dad and my two older sisters. Both of my sisters are currently enrolled in college. Currently, mom is the sole provider, she works long hours in order to be able to provide hard in order to provide for me and my sisters. I was born in Jalisco, Mexico, at the age of five my parents decided that the best option for economic stability and the opportunity of a future education we needed to move the United States. I do not remember many of the events that lead up to the big move, however, I do remember the complicated transition once we had reached our destination, Los Angeles, California. Our first home in the U.S. was a small room in one of my aunt’s house, she allowed
us to live with her rent free for a couple of months my while my parents settled into work. Once mom found and settled into a job, her income became stable enough that we were able to move into a small apartment of our own. Since our move to the U.S. in 2005, my mom has been working as a seamstress, my dad on the other hand has had a difficult time settling in a stable job. He has a vision imparity, so working for long hours is difficult, and often leads to terrible headaches. Despite everything, my parents have always found a way to provide my sisters and I with food and shelter. As we got older, my sisters and I began needing items like computers and cellphones for academic and safety reasons.
Now, I have two older sisters enrolled in college, luckily they receive financial aid, and my parents only contribute a small amount to their college expenses. However, I am a DACA recipient, now that the program has ended and it is inconclusive whether a new program will be created, I am uncertain if my parents or myself could pay for my tuition. Because of my DACA status, I think I have had to work twice as hard to prove that I am capable of success, and that I am in this country to pursue a prosperous future. I am dedicating my spare time into looking for scholarship opportunities and for a form of employment. I am determined to go to college, and I think my motivation and aspirations are greater than the invisible barriers that come from being undocumented. As a teenager with limited retrospective of just how pricely things are, I am just now realizing the trouble my parents have to go through in order to give us the many things we have today. I am grateful for my parents and the effort they make to raise me and my sisters, and I am glad my sisters have the experience of college because they are guiding me, and motivate me to be the best student I can
be.