Personal Narrative: My American Dream

I was born in the United States of America to parents who were born abroad eight years after their nuptials. Born in Kings, Brooklyn I moved to Port-au-Prince, Haiti as an infant with my parents and three siblings. In Haiti, my father stood as a sentinel retired with Forces Armèes d’Haiti and Police Nationale d’Haiti, and my mother employed, as a National Airport Supervisor Safety Authority of Operations at International Airport Toussaint Louverture. Studying French in Mikaline Kindergarten located at 6 Bois Verna, Port-au-Prince, Haiti, and Lilliput Kindergarten located at 7 Bis, Bois –Patate, Canapé-Vert then allowed me to engage with the world around me. Subsequently, I learned English at New American School located at Jean Paul II, No. 127 Turgeau, Port-au-Prince, Haiti in close proximity to my brothers at Collège Canado-Haïtien and my sister at Collège Saint Francois D’Assise. Uniformed and chauffeured around ordinarily to these schools, our linguistic proficiency, fluency, and competence in English strengthened daily. The frequent …show more content…
My parents and siblings have embodied the American Dream. I am aware of just how much privilege my legal status confers. I cannot fathom the thought of losing a family member to deportation nor have I not experienced firsthand what it is like to be undocumented. Fortunately, I do not have to. In fact, I want to undertake a rigorous program of law study, because I want to dedicate my career to making sure everyone has opportunities, no matter where or what circumstances they are born into. My reasoning for wanting to be a lawyer is to advocate developing a rapport to make disparaging remarks minuscule for targeted racial/ ethnic groups. My perspective on my career objectives is not to be overly obstinate, and my goal is not to lack professional decorum. My goal is also not to compromise an ethical duty of advocacy by behaving egregiously to