Personal Narrative: My College Life And The US

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Hello everyone!
My name is Ruth Tate. I am international- nontraditional student from Mexico. I am married and I have a four year old boy. For three years I was full time employee at Cook In and part time student. About two years ago I decided to quick my job and became full time student. My major is informatics. I hope to learn more about undergraduate life and the USA.

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