Personal Narrative: My Cultural Identity

What makes you who you are? Who are you? Sometimes I even question my own self that, asking what’s my cultural identity. Culture is what defines you. It’s whom you are why.it shows how you grew up and the way your family does things. My culture reflects who I am. My cultural identity is a unique one based on the influences of traditions, education, and food. My influence is off of my traditions. Your traditions are almost what seem like rules that your family goes off of. It can be on certain day, or just random days. My family has certain traditions on holidays. On Thanksgiving on both sides of my families they always have to cook. And we pick a place where we will meet at to cook and enjoy. My family cooks hams, corn bread, turkey, mashed potatoes, and yams. Another one of my family traditions is for our dead relatives we go and visit them on their birthdays.
Education is what gets you through life. It's what gets you to pursue your ongoing dreams through college. My education is currently still being in high school. It's going to help me through my lifetime. And help me get better jobs when i graduate highschool and then move on to college. My family believes everyone should go to college. Two of my sisters are in college and i am planning on following right behind them. My third characteristic of my cultural identity is foods. Food is also another thing in your identity. People also connect their ethnic group through food patterns. It seems like everyone has a relationship to food. Growing up me and my brother would stand by my mom as she prepared breakfast, lunch, and dinner. This is how we learned to cook just as her mom did for her. Food is a way me feeling connected to my relatives. When my family shares their recipes it seems like I'm also sharing a piece of who I