Being Latino myself, I can honestly say that family is something we value greatly. We tend to rely on each other for support and strength. So, I have to take that into consideration when working with Catherine. Her career decision can be highly influenced by her immediate family. Catherine might even would to bring in her family into a counseling session, however, I would have to address that in the first session.…
David Cole in “Five Myths about Immigration” simply takes about the five common myths of immigration in the United States. The five myths being that immigrants are overrunning the country, immigrants take jobs from natural born citizens, immigrants drain societies resources, aliens and immigrants don’t assimilate to our culture, and immigrants are not entitled to constitutional rights. All of these myths are displayed to be completely wrong and were created out of ignorance fueled by fear/lack of education on the many benefits immigrants have on United States society, economy, culture, and unity of our nation. Immigrants do not and are not overrunning the country in fact first-generation immigrants make up only had made up in 1990 only made…
Latinos are a family oriented group incorporating generations of relatives living together provide a support network. The glue that holds this network together is traditions, rules and emotional bonds of mutual obligation. This creates the structure for taking…
I have worked with many families in the past, and I believe I have applied some of the humility, compassion and positivity that the textbook talks about. I believe that the knowledge that is gained through textbooks and by attending classes is important as well as the skills that are gained through practice when working with families. In my personal experience, I come from a very poor family, which allows me to be humble with those families who are in need. I have experienced the separation of parents, the absence of basic needs, like clothing or food, and I have also experienced the anxiety of being undocumented. I think that as I gain the knowledge and skills, I will be able to integrate it with my personal experiences and I will be able…
As a person who grew up in Mexico, and moved to the United States 6 years ago, I believe my cultural competence has allowed me to develop personal characteristics that will enable me to understand patients from any culture. I appreciate and respect the multiple dimensions of diversity, recognize and embrace perspectives that are different that mine, and have learned to implement these in my daily life. My experience volunteering at a free clinic has allowed me to interact with patients from different underserved communities, but also with other volunteers and medical students from cultures different than mine. From this experience, I have been able to demonstrate I have the attributes to be part of a diverse group. I have developed competencies…
Throughout this semester, and within our group we had conducted an in-depth analysis of the issues that we felt would be problematic to explore, and since we are all products of first-generation immigrant women we wanted to highlight the burdens that women go through daily in coming to America. As a group we creating an organization which will be tailored for immigrant women regardless of their age, sexual orientation, race, class, and religion. At The Freedom Center for Immigrant Women, we explore the various magnitudes of issues that immigrant women face and ways to combat the challenges. By implementing competency two as it relates to the organization, I found this particular competency to examines Engage Diversity and Difference in Practice.…
10 years ago, I was immigrated to the United States. My first impression of the United states was a fun and energies country because of the New York style movie always appear in my brain. Yet, the city I was staying is in California - San Jose. The surrounding people mostly are Mexican, Chinese, and Indian, that not the New York style Imaged. After few years college life, I found out my passion because of the place of California has changed my environmental protection sense.…
In ways, immigrants experience situations that many individuals can identify with. As an example, they experience the desire to “fit in” and often assimilate because of this. Although their troubles may be far more intense, we are still able to improve our situations by examining how they coped with their struggled. For instance, most immigrants struggle to learn the language when they arrive in Canada.…
The Immigrant Advantage To begin my most enjoyable parts in this book is when the author goes against the common stereotype as a disadvantages on society. Instead the author look at individuals and their communities, all from diverse backgrounds. First she started off with Vietnamese then many other ethnic group, the author writes about the health and academic advantages that they learned from their culture.…
Immigration America are known as the land of opportunity among immigrants, because U.S. is able to provide the immigrants with a variety, of life opportunity that they wouldn’t have had in their own countries, such as higher education, economic stability and, etc. America is home to world’s largest immigrant populations with more than 41 million, and is by far the largest economy in the world, but native views about the immigrants are mixed. Half (51%) of Americans this year, said immigrant’s makes the United States economy stronger because of their low wage, hard work and talents. Meantime 41% said immigrants are a problem because they still “our” jobs, and housing. Studies shows that Immigrant do take some jobs away from the natives, but also immigrants entrepreneurs bring in additional revenue, create jobs, and contribute significantly to the economy.…
How Immigrants to the United States Overcame Hardships Laurence Kwock AP United States History January 8, 2017 America is known as the land of equal opportunity. Many immigrants flock to the land which promises them a new life, in which they can prosper and develop a safe future. The Constitution grants many rights to its citizens, as shown in its bill of rights. However, not all immigrants who come to America experience the same things. Although immigrants faced opposing forces such as a language barrier and discrimination, they were able to overcome these obstacles in order to take a stand in an evolving America.…
The group I chose to research was the Hispanic culture. I do not know much about the Hispanic culture nor have had much experience working with this culture. Sometimes it can be hard to work with or surround yourself with people when your cultures are not the same, therefore getting to better know the values and customs of a Hispanic will help me to make sure my clients get the most from me Knowing more about the people that I am dealing with is the best way to ensure a good client to counselor relationship. The Hispanic culture is one of the fastest growing cultural groups in the United States. The U.S. Census data indicates that Hispanics will be the largest minority group by the year 2050 (U.S. Bureau of the Census, 1992).…
My strongest ranking strength is empathy, which is the ability to “sense the emotions of those around you (Anderson, Clifton, & Schreiner, 2006, p. 46). I have used empathy a lot throughout my life by listening to others and by imagining myself in their situation. Over the years, I 've had coworkers confide in me problematic details about their lives. Being able to relate to what they were going through or how they were feeling, created some strong, lasting, friendships.…
The United States is often called the land of opportunity. This nickname has, for many years, attracted foreign immigrants from around the world to move to America. This, however, has sparked an increase in xenophobia in the American population as they believe that these immigrants will steal their jobs away from them. However, immigrants don’t steal their jobs; instead they help create them. Immigrants use productivity and human capital to cause economic growth which is beneficial to our nation.…
A strong emphasis is placed on family as the major source of one’s identity and protection against the hardships of life. This sense of family belonging is intense and limited to family and close friends. People who are not family or close friends are often slow to be given trust, so it is important for Latino individuals to sustain those strong relationships with family and friends as a means to receive support when needed. The family model is an extended one; grandparents, aunts, cousins, and even people who are not biologically related may be considered…