Alvarez Changed My Life

When I was the age of three my parents made a decision that would forever change my life. May 2003 is the date my parents decided our lives would be better if we immigrated to the United States. At the time we were living in Juarez, Mexico, as it is widely known Juarez doesn’t have the best track record for being a family friendly place. There was always crime on the streets and my parents didn’t feel safe raising their first daughter. Both my parents worked and would take turns taking care of me. While my mother worked during the day at a factory my dad would do the best to take care of me. After five in the afternoon my mom would finish work and my dad would walk with me to these train tracks and wait for my mom to show up. After she showed up my dad would hand me to her and he would walk to work while me …show more content…
They were shorty presented with the opportunity of a lifetime. My mom’s aunt had recently gotten her residency and urged my parent into getting travelers visas for us. My parents listened to stories about life in the United States being better and there being more opportunities for them. They realized that the best choice for my future would be to leave Mexico. My parents used all their money and were thankfully approved to get visas for me and themselves.
Just like that my life was flipped for the better. We arrived in Twin Falls, Idaho in August and ever since then we have lived in Idaho. I was the first child born and basically had no one to help me speak english. Since I was only three years old at the time I strongly remember watching cartoons and soon after I miraculously knew how to speak english. I started kindergarten being the child of immigrant parents and fluently knowing english. Although I knew how to speak english doing homework was a challenge for me because sometimes I didn’t understand the