My Keys To Success

The Keys To Success program has influenced me to achieve the best academic performance. It has taught me that hard work never goes unpaid. I have always been taught that to be succesful you have to always give it your all. I have always known that if you want to be successful you need a plan and a set goals. From a small age I have known what it's like to work hard, I have had exceptional examples of hard work from my parents. Being Hispanic and moving into a new country, getting started was hard. My father had gone to school for 9 years to be a digital designer and my mother had studied and worked as a Chef. When we got to the United States, we didn't have many work options, knowing absolutely no english, my mother worked as a maid and my father worked as a custodian. …show more content…
He would work from 3pm to 6am every day. Because we were so small and had no family in the country we went to work with them. We would sit in the buildings break room and wait patiently until my parents were done with work. There were many times when my parents wanted to give up. It would have been so much easier to just go back to Chile but my loving parents worked hard to give us a better life. They have always taught us that education is an essential part of our growth. I have always known that to be true and now being a High School junior thank my parents everyday for the sacrifice they do for us to have a better education. The Keys To Success program has reinforced that belief my parents taught me of the value of academic success and I will continue to strive for the best educational opportunities