How To Become An Immigrant

I was born and raised in Bakersfield California on September 19, 1992 in Kern Medical Center shortly after midnight. I would not be in Bakersfield if it were not for my grandparent packing up and moving from Mississippi with 6 children inside of a van. My grandfather Cardell Martin was born in a little town outside of Greenville, Mississippi and my grandmother was born and raised inside in Greenville, Mississippi. My grandfather worked in the fields and well as my grandmother who picked cotton on some plantations growing up in the South. They met each other at a baseball game which was the sport of choice in the south around the time in which they grew up in. Shortly after they married and began a life together one in which that would lead …show more content…
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Growing up at an early age all I could remember is my mother getting us up early in the morning and taking the bus with my younger brother and her taking us to day care at the Cal State Bakersfield where she attended. At the time the understanding of the situation did not really sink in but the older I became the more I understood how difficult of a task she had on her hand. To have three children to take care of and provide for at that young of an age I never saw her cry but one time and I’ve never forgotten it. My mother graduated from the University with her Bachelors and Masters in Sociology and she is currently a level 4 social worker for the County of Kern. My sister graduated from Cal State Bakersfield also with her Bachelors with Sociology also and is currently working at a continuation school in San Diego, Ca. My sister has always been very intelligent and driven with her goals and no matter what she always seems to get the job done no matter what. My brother Brock is whom I was closest too growing up and we basically did everything growing up throughout life. Till this day he is the closest sibling I am with as far as talking and hanging out with each …show more content…
My other brothers Frank, Christian, and Xzavier I am not as close with but we still keep in contact with each other even though hundreds of miles separate us. Frank attend Glenville high school in Cleveland where he was fortunate to be able to earn a scholarship to the University of Michigan. He went through some rough patches but all the events molded him into a better person. He was drafted in 2015 NFL draft by the Seattle Seahawks and is currently a defensive end for them. His story of coming from a mother who was hooked on drugs and to be able to make it to where he is today is something that is a blessing within itself. Christian also attended the same high school and this past fall he signed a scholarship to play football at Alabama State University. Xzavier is currently in high school still but will hopefully be able to follow in the same