Autobiography Of Un Dia Nos Unidos

Autobiography “Un dia nos vamos a mudar a los estados unidos” (one day we will move to the united states) …my mom telling me this as she kneeled in front of me is one of the earliest memories I have. I must have been 5 at that time, but even then I knew that moving from Peru to the “Estados Unidos” was a common dream. My mom traveled to the United States with me and my brother in 2001, leaving behind an abusive household and with nothing more than two suitcases. From the moment we landed she told me one thing: “Nunca digas que quieres ser como mama” (Never say that you want to be like mom). She wanted stability for me; she didn’t want me to do the 6 AM – 11 PM shifts that she had to work at the airport soon after we arrived. We lived with my grandma and three of my uncles for the first couple of year, and years later she told me that she made a …show more content…
An ulcer was suspected and never found, and a concrete diagnosis has not been made. I suspect that it is a result of all the personal stress that I have experienced. I suspect that in some way or another, the past will always follow me. However, I find solace in knowing that no matter how much has happened, I have at the end of the day always found in joy in the things that I’ve learned. That regardless of everything, I am still graduating college soon, and that against all odds I will walk that stage. It is true that I will not graduate with honors, and that I look back at my grades and struggle to be proud of my academic performance at times. But I find peace in knowing that regardless of everything, I kept my dream alive. That my passion for learning never went away, that I was able to maintain a steady lab job for most of college. And most importantly, that I proved to myself that regardless of the crazy things that may happen in my life I always find a way to stand on the podium of my of my responsibilities and accept them to their full