Personal Experience: Changing My Afghan Lifestyle

From being born in Pakistan and growing up in an Afghan household in America, I’ve been challenged over and over. Being at home where I am expected to act a certain way due to the Afghan lifestyle that has been projected upon me, but then leaving that lifestyle and transitioning into an American lifestyle. This has been my life for the past sixteen years and will continue to be so, where I am forced into constantly changing. I have faced many challenges over the years to fit in the American lifestyle while still being intact with my Afghan side. Although, these same factors are what fills a desire in me to have a better future for myself through education. Both of my parents are from Afghanistan, a country where education is forbidden and frowned upon. The extremist raiding the country force young girls to stay at home and fulfil the …show more content…
My parents not being able to help me since they didn't speak English either. Going to school not knowing English was a challenge for me since nobody could translate for me. Over the course of a year or two, my English improved drastically and language was no longer an issue for me. Now, I continue to challenge myself in different ways such as taking higher level classes to improve myself so I am able to exceed. Education is what has helped me throughout my life to strengthen myself and one day be a female minority who is successful. I will continue to carry on this mindset in the future in order to succeed and not allow any factors to stop me. Going into the medical field which definitely will be a challenge but a challenge that I am willing to overcome like the other factors that have faced me. Devoting my life to medicine and hopefully someday being able to provide affordable healthcare for people who may have financial troubles. My future aspiration consists of medicine and helping people in