Describe Me Narrative

I am an immigrant and I am from Addis Ababa, one of the most beautiful cities in East Africa. Being born and raised in the capital city of Ethiopia for the first two-and-a-half years of my life, I was able to build my life’s foundation in my mother country and create the memories, though they were few, with the people that have influenced me the most, my family. I was able to bask in my parents’, aunts’, uncles’, grandmas’ and grandpas’ attention and love, but then America happened.

My entire life did a complete backflip the moment we landed. At age three, I was already accustomed to the laughter of children as they played soccer on the dirt roads in the neighborhood, the hum of the elderly people chattering away while they sat drinking their coffee on the front porch and my babysitter doing her best to feed me a bowl of oatmeal for breakfast. But as we stepped out from the airport in Newark, New Jersey, I remember seeing the colors red, yellow and green blur before my eyes as stop lights switched lights and cars roared past us. People were hurrying to get to their next destination and this, apparently, was the typical hustle and bustle of the city. …show more content…
In that moment, I swore to treasure my culture while still enjoying the benefits of being an American, being true to both the American Dream and my African