Graduation Speech: Boys And Girls Club

Good Evening,

Thank you so much for having me today, it really is an honor to be a part of this magnificent organization that brings forth different communities and unites them as one, with one goal; obtaining a better future. I have been a member of the Boys & Girls Club for ten years now, however, I did not get to where I am today out of coincidence and this has a story that begins with my mom. My mom was raised in Mexico where she pursued to go to a University and have a successful future, however she was at an economic disadvantage, which was an obstacle in reaching her goals. However, she met my “dad” who promised her to help her reach her goals. What she did not know was that she had been lied too and instead of a bright future, she …show more content…
Once she got pregnant with my sister and then me, she new that she needed to get away from him because she wanted us to have the bright future that she could no longer have. She left both my sister and me in Mexico under the care of our Grandma when I was one and half and moved to California to pursue the American Dream. She had both me and my sister enrolled in private schools, where she wanted us to get the best education, however when I was six, she decided that we should both come to California with her.
In the first month after we arrived she signed us up in Taekwondo where she hoped that we would get all our energy out before getting home as well as staying active. In that same month she had us join the Boys and Girls Club because she worked from morning to night and had no one that could take care of us. She knew that the Boys and Girls Club would be a safe place for both my sister and I to stay, as well as helpful since it had a homework program and other clubs within that could help expand our skills and knowledge,