The first life lesson I learned was to never take anything for granted‚ especially life. It is a miracle that I was born because my mom had a rare bone cancer that almost took her life at the age of thirteen. She had a twenty percent chance of surviving‚ beat the odds‚ defied her experimental treatment and gave birth to me. There was an eighty percent chance that I would not be alive today and that makes me appreciate everything in life. Osteogenic sarcoma was the rare bone cancer my mom was diagnosed
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Life as a minority isn’t easy because at the start I am already one step behind. Growing up my family didn’t have a lot of money. My parents decided that they wanted to give me the best education possible to them so they put me in a private school the majority of my life. During this time I learned to appreciate my education and to work as hard as I can. I often have many questions on my mind and I always want to find the answer. I am a great thinker because when problems arrive‚ I always think of
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All my life‚ all I ever knew was Indiana. My friends‚ school‚ and favorite restaurant were all there. I didn’t want to change anything! I was 8; I thought I had my whole life together. That soon changed when my mother was offered a new job in a new state. A state... that to me was like a whole other country‚ a place full of new‚ strange and scary things.I didn’t want to leave the Krogers with a ginormous wall full of delicious jelly beans‚ or the Bonnie & Clyde restaurant my dad always took me to
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side that i was to young to remember and the house i do remember was on the north side. i spent my childhood there adventuring in the ravines behind our development with some neighborhood friends‚ building forts using materials we took from our parents and the many construction sites that you would expect in a fastly developing neighborhood. there was many days spent at my great grandpa’s farm and my great uncle’s farm exploring the fields and the forests that were still left.
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sound of a crying baby next to my ear woke me up. I can’t say I love waking up early but I do love waking up next to my son‚ listening to him say “mom” and “dad.” He’s such a happy baby. Either way I had to get up to go school. It’s not easy being a 17 year old mom with a 7 month old baby‚ and going to school. Being able to take my baby to school makes it all much easier though. Once in a while‚ I get flashbacks to when I was little. I always remember my grandmother Socorro. She was the
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high expectations from my family‚ friends‚ and the people I work with. They believe that from what I do‚ what I know‚ and who I am know that I can go somewhere and become someone. I come from a family where college is a rare chance only certain family members have gone to college. My family know I have what it takes to go to college and they are making sure I go by asking me where I want to go‚ what I want to do‚ and how I am going to get there. I am one of few kids in my entire family to have
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As soon as the summer of 2015 ended‚ I was living in Colombia. I was used to spending summer with my family and friends in Colombia or traveling to the US to play golf tournaments or golf camps. But that summer was different. My parents told me I was spending the summer at USF in Tampa at “SuperCamp”. I read all about it on the internet and all it said was that it was a fun academic camp. I was not happy at all‚ but the decision was already made. I remember when I arrived to campus‚ there were
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money to help my mom‚ and help others to be happy. First be a Veterinarian is probably every kid dream‚ when you love animals. This dream starts when I was probably 5 years old and keep it on my mind until when I was 15 years old. I remember a program which was about a summer camp‚ in which many kids travel to other countries and they were little veterinarians. I always dreamed to be able to be in that summer camp but I was not able to realize that dream. For the other side I got my first dog when
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My family and I had just landed on Oahu. The sight was one to behold. Beautiful grass-covered mountain ranges and a clear blue sky. We had seen the other islands of Hawaii leading up to Oahu like Maui and the Big Island but none of them were like this. When my family and I had gotten off the plane we were given lei’s to welcome us to what was a foreign place. We immediately got our luggage from the conveyor belt and a rental car‚ a 2016 Toyota Highlander that was as black as the night. The air and
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around me‚ respect everything I have and also become the level header person I am today. My culture has built the backbone of our family and has kept us together through all odds. My mother and father keep the culture alive by speaking the official language of Amharic in the house‚ cooking traditional food and also practicing our Orthodox religion. Being Ethiopian is a huge part of who I am‚ but at one point in my life it seemed like that was the one thing I wanted no one to know about. I attended a private
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