In my household‚ kids didn’t really have too many responsibilities. I would see pictures of adolescents in third world countries lugging around gallons of contaminated water‚ just to drink for a day and others who would have to eat something as absurd as clay just to settle their hunger. Meanwhile I had a stocked fridge and spotless clothes to wear as I attended public school like every other mediocre kid in the US. It wasn’t until after I graduated High School that I began to comprehend the little
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of nine‚ I already had lived through my first earthquake in Chile. I had evaded death and lived to tell its story. I had experienced at first hand the trauma of living through one of Mother Nature’s most notorious catastrophes. The earthquake taught me that life is unpredictable and life should be cherished intensely. I was living with my grandmother at that point in my life. It was an ordinary Sunday morning; I was dressing up to go to church with grandma. My aunt Berta had called earlier that morning
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months ago‚ my life went through a whirlpool; I had no clue what I yearned to do & I was in utter turmoil. I previously desired to become a pediatrician‚ but that firely passion burned out. One day I came across a youtube video of Lisa Lorles‚ a vegan youtuber. In her video she explained that she was studying nutrition in college and that veganism inspired her to do so. At that very moment something clicked in my mind‚ I felt butterflies in stomach and a sense of warmth from a fire in my heart. From
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alongside my father as a butcher. I was born in Merida‚ Mexico to a single mother. As the man of the house I began working at the age of seven cleaning windshields at stoplights and polishing shoes for any available change that people could spare. I came to America at age of twelve. My father had been anxiously waiting to meet me the day I arrived in Houston. My first challenge tested my capabilities at adapting to a foreign country without any family members to support me‚ other than my father who
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Molloy College wide-eyed‚ excited‚ and eager to peruse the life her immigrant parents worked so hard for her to create. Now unfortunately for the girl‚ life didn’t seem to go in the path she and her family expected. Her mother had been diagnosed with Breast Cancer. In the way cancer always seems to operate‚ it snuck up on the girl and turned her idea of “future” inside out. Her life began to spiral out of control in way not many people in her life could understand. Suddenly the career-driven‚ caring‚
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emotions went through me as my parents gave me the news that we were once again going to move. At the time I was only in the 5th grade‚ about 11 years old. Life was going great. I had finally developed some stability in my life after moving‚ but I felt my life beginning to crumble when I found out that it was going to happen all over again. My family and I had just moved into our home in Plano‚ TX‚ close to where the majority of my family lived I didn’t really like my house at first‚ it was larger
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Throughout life‚ the obstacles we face and overcome leave a lasting impact on our lives. The summer before my freshman year of highschool‚ I lost myself facing one of my greatest obstacles when my father left my mom‚ two brothers‚ and myself. His absence brought a stage of confusion and sadness upon my life. Throughout my childhood‚ my father and I were inseparable. He was my role model and the one person I could always count on and turn to. When he left‚ my world was turned upside down. I went
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Addiction hit my family hard before I was even born. In November of 1998 my grandfather went missing. Police and search teams searched for my grandfather for months and found no leads. It has been 18 years and my grandfather still has not been found. I really wish I was able to meet my grandfather and at least figure out what happened to him. Addiction is a ruthless ruler in this world‚ and it does not care what it takes from families. My grandmother told me that my grandfather was involved with
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“What’s amazing is‚ if young people understood how doing well in school makes the rest of their life so much interesting‚ they would be more motivated. It’s so far away in time that they can’t appreciate what it means for their whole life.”- Bill Gates. There are many great and not so great things about schools. Gunstream is very important to me because it is such a friendly and positive aura. It is safe to say that anyone that goes to this school can think of many great things‚ people‚ and memories
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When I was in first grade‚ my mother finally relented and bought my sister a dog‚ a tiny‚ black Cockapoo puppy she named “Pepper”. Allison had wanted one for a long time and her pleas were duly noted after she tried to bring our cousin’s dog back to Maryland with us. The tantrum on the way home when her plans failed was the tipping point. A year passes and my mother loves Pepper so much so she wants another dog. There was an unspoken agreement that this second dog would be mine. A day’s trip back
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