Reflective Essay: Personal Identity

As in individual we all have an incline in our own views and beliefs. We are molded by our own cultural surroundings and environmental growth causing us to be a diverse individual. My own experiences are what cause my form of identity, which can cause my struggles to be different such as my barriers in school because of this I ‘am able to view language as a social aspect in diversity that that can be difficult to over come in a community. That is why it is important to always create a social justice in the relationship among language. So, who am I? Can be a question that one must sometimes ask themselves to truly get an understanding of one’s self. I was born in JFK Memorial Hospital on May 21, 1991 as a U.S. citizen, but have always been acculturated into my family’s Mexican heritage. I associate myself as a full time student attending school and working part-time as a teacher’s assistant for the Early Childhood of Education Board. Despite my full time school activities and part time work I also dedicate my time to my family, I am an aunt of four adorable nieces and the youngest out of three. Yet this didn’t make my childhood easy because I had to …show more content…
The transition from a community college to Cal State was completely different because my traveling time to campus was had a major distance difference, which made me have to mange my time. The campus was a higher populate, which showed a higher diversity in the classroom settings, because in each classroom you get to experience everyone’s own thoughts and opinions about an important topic. By spending time in school and continuing my education my thoughts and opinions have grown and become more open minded in my thinking and views. With the help of classes I have been able to learn about what works best with other children to help me apply it to my career in the education