Coming from a first generation Latino domiciliary, it is problematic for me to bring up education. My family is resilient; my mother is a housekeeper who works cleaning twenty-five bedrooms daily, my father suffered a stroke this year leaving him unable to work until he recovers. My parents can easily tell me to spend my time working to assist the family but they know that school is something that I have been wanting ever since I was eight years old. I have a little brother who excels in school. Also, I have a twin brother who spends his days working to help sustain our family and my studies. I am a student, someone who has earned scholarships, someone who has had the privilege to be part of a prestigious honor society, someone who has reached
