My Strategy Of Life As A Cuban Immigrant

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Those words are basically my strategy of life set in a phrase. You cannot pretend to be good at something if you do not master the rules. First, is important to know, to learn, to investigate, how you environment works and what challenges are you facing, and after, well, set a game plan.

I, as a Cuban immigrant, have tried to adapt to this new environment, not with only the objective of surviving, but with the set goal of succeeding. At the moment, I knew I had to move to another county, I started working on understanding the new culture and language I was going to face. The Cuban traditions and habits are too different to those of the United State, especially when referring to the law system, people manners, social codes, and even to the

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