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By the end of the day, I value strive to make my mother and family proud of what I do. I am the youngest of six children and all of us were raised by our single mother; she has been our provider, our “father”, and someone we admire. She has instilled in me the key values of family, tradition, and valuing education has raised me to be who I am today and to love what I have become. While I do focus on my education and have my own life, my main priority is to do well not only to succeed, but to be just like my mother and be a provider and someone my nieces, nephews, friends, teachers, and other family members could see as a role model.
However, I was not always like this and one thing that really pushed me to this mindset was my experiences with

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