Personal Narrative: My Experience As A Mexican Student

Being a student at one of the most prestigious schools in the United States, you are given amazing classes which teach us various topics which eventually bring us back to our major or main topic of our undergraduate. Being a Mexican student, my knowledge is primarily about the struggles and stories from my own country. Coming to this school and meeting other minorities from other countries and taking classes that teach us about those countries as well, my knowledge about other problems and stories that happen to other students, families, and youth throughout the countries makes us realize that we are all the same and not alone when it comes to tragedies and inequalities like the ones many of us encounter in the US already. Attending "El Pais Que Viene” a Non-Profit Event & Book Launch, allowed me to connect the various topic and stories I learned in my Chicano studies class called “Central Americans” where we discussed the important events and inequalities that are happening throughout these central American countries and looking at stories through literature and media. Living in the Untied States as a minority, we tend to not tell our stories from our countries or even identify ourselves from those countries due to the negative image that the US has towards the people who come from these different countries. After knowing about the events that were available, I wanted to go out of my way and see and learn …show more content…
Even though I am an immigrant myself and have gone through various obstacles and hardships they do not compare to the inequalities and chances that many of these youth have and will experience throughout the years. Learning how our peers within our minority are still facing challenges due to the government in their countries shows us that there are still a lot to be done, in order for something to change or a light to be sparked allowing others to