My Worst Enemy Essay Examples

My life, in absolute, has been a constant struggle to overcome stereotypes and difficulties that comes with being Hispanic, being a female, and being raised how I was. I never considered my gender or ethnicity particularly troublesome. The only thing that I consider being my greatest enemy, in the past and now, is my living condition and upbringing.

Because of this, I have had to become an adult far sooner than I would have liked, because of the lack of adults that were in my life. My mother and her husband, who I have now permanently have no relation to on my terms, have multiple times abandoned my sibling and I so they could abandon responsibility of us and have their ‘fun’. Wasting money and wasting my youth. When I was younger they decided to carry me along, to live in a car and miss countless days of school. Eventually my siblings were introduced to this abnormal lifestyle, to live in a car and see the world through a dirty window. I thought when entering high school this would pull me out of this endless cycle, but it only …show more content…
I had to grow up too soon and I’m trying my hardest to keep my siblings from losing their childhood like I did. However, there is only so much I can do. So much I can control in an uncontrollable environment. One thing I do have control over is where I want to take my life. I want to get myself in a good college and pursue a good career and accomplish things that, when I look back upon, I’m proud of. But, overall, my sincere goal is, by pursuing a challenging career that offers a lot of opportunities for success at a better life, to show my siblings that they can accomplish amazing things despite our upbringing. It just takes hard work and a network of people that will help support you on your journey there. My support system has lead me this far in my life and I’m planning on not disappointing them. I have too many people depending on me to let them down