My life would have been completely different had my parents chosen to go back to China in 2001. At first‚ my dad came here alone for a job offer‚ and my mom and I came to visit him a year later. However‚ our family’s intended short visit soon became a permanent residence. They chose to stay so that I could have a better education and ultimately‚ a better life. But in order to attain what they initially envisioned when making that life-changing decision‚ they have had to endure numerous hardships
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my mind until I learned from the experiences of the people throughout my missionary trip in India. It was an unforgettable experience that altered my life‚ and left a lasting impression on me. I had volunteered at a psychiatric housing home which housed over hundred plus people who were all mental ill. My missionary group and I had spent a month living with the patients‚ assisting them in any way possible‚ but most importantly seeing their point of view on life through their eyes. The minute I
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for myself. It was an experience that I will never forget‚ as it was a lot different from any other funeral I have attended. I attended the funeral with my grandmother‚ as it was for her aunt and I felt it would be beneficial if she attended with someone. On the way to the funeral I had no idea what I was about to experience. On the way out I remember feeling very weird about what all had taken place. In any funeral I had been to before it was basically a celebration of life where friends and family
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is already difficult‚ what with finding the right table of boys and girls to sit with at lunch‚ or making friends with the right people. My first day was harder‚ as my parents recently had decided to move me from Frisco‚ where I had lived my whole life‚ to the smaller town of Prosper. I felt like a penny in a jar of quarters. The only way to find where I belong‚ I realized‚ was to get involved in organizations that interested me. I wanted to find out what this small town had to offer‚ so I joined
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Native Americans have always been a big part of my life. Ever since my first encounter in Fort Apache‚ Arizona in the year of 2008‚ I’ve been introduced to a new part of my life that most people don’t have. Recently I’ve received my tribal certificate from the Narragansett Tribe of Rhode Island and I’ve found out that I’m an eighth Native American from my mother’s side. My father is a mix of European descent but mostly he’s Hungarian. On the outside‚ I look like the stereotypical ’white’ person who
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There were many events‚ experiences‚ and turning points that led me to want to pursue my MSW. One event gave me the push I needed. This was the pregnancy and birth of my daughter. During my senior year of completing my Bachelor’s degree in Social Work‚ in 2015‚ I was diagnosed with a high-risk pregnancy. I was told my daughter would be born with gastroschisis‚ a condition where the abdominal wall near the navel does not close and the intestines are exposed at birth. I had to travel to see specialists
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An experience that forever changed my life is when I first heard the mantra that would become one I live by. Sierra Boggess is an amazingly talented‚ kind and inspirational Broadway actress she has originated the role of Airel in The Little Mermaid‚ and is all that I ever wanted to be as a person‚ beautiful‚ hilarious‚ positive and other qualities that I admire.She has a mantra‚ that is "You are enough‚ You are so enough‚ its unbelievable how enough you are." The first time I heard that it was as
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enjoyed a combined heritage experience when it comes to special holidays such as Christmas and Easter‚ but we have also been fortunate to share in Ramadan‚ Seders and other experiences due to the progressiveness of my parents. I was made deeply aware early on – about two or three - that although we were to love and treasure our scanda-lish (Scandinavian and English) heritage or ethnicity‚ we were to be conscious and loving to groups of people outside of our own experience. No matter their
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Gardenia Cuadra ENG 110: College Writing Life Shaping Experience – Personal Narrative There has been many life-shaping/life changing experiences in my life however if I have to pinpoint to one specific moment where I knew that my life as a child will be over was when I was 12 years old. My sister‚ grandmother and I just came back from spending 3 weeks in Nicaragua. I loved it so much I wanted to stay. A week or two after the family trip‚ my grandmother fell down concrete stairs and was
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patients. There was a young boy who was by himself at the hospital‚ waiting to have a life altering surgery on his clubbed foot. His family had sold everything they owned to put him in a van that would take him across the country so he could have his surgery. Meeting him and hearing his story had a direct impact on why I decided to pursue a career in medicine. Knowing that there
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