Watching her go through her struggles and hearing her say she wasn’t interested in her own life anymore really impacted my personal outlook on life. Yes, this experience has tremendously affected my life but I feel as if it is not my story to tell. What I can share, is her constant reassurance that I can become whoever I want to be. Another part of my background story includes my heritage. I am one-fourth Vietnamese and my relatives reside from Ho Chi Minh City which was formerly named Saigon. A few decades ago my relatives moved to the United States with little to nothing. They were faced with not only discrimination but the struggle of not speaking English and having no education. The circumstances they faced were harsh but they did not let their background define their self-identities. After hard work and dedication they were able to prove themselves and establish a name for
Watching her go through her struggles and hearing her say she wasn’t interested in her own life anymore really impacted my personal outlook on life. Yes, this experience has tremendously affected my life but I feel as if it is not my story to tell. What I can share, is her constant reassurance that I can become whoever I want to be. Another part of my background story includes my heritage. I am one-fourth Vietnamese and my relatives reside from Ho Chi Minh City which was formerly named Saigon. A few decades ago my relatives moved to the United States with little to nothing. They were faced with not only discrimination but the struggle of not speaking English and having no education. The circumstances they faced were harsh but they did not let their background define their self-identities. After hard work and dedication they were able to prove themselves and establish a name for