Personal Narrative: My Experience As A Student At Colorado Christian University

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Throughout my life I have experienced many life events that could possibly impact my experience as a student at Colorado Christian University. However, I have narrowed it down to two defining milestone which are linked: The death of my father, and moving to America.
I was born and raised in West Africa, Ivory Coast, and by the time I turned six years old my parents were already separated. My mother moved to the United
States leaving my father as a single parent raising three daughters. At age 11 my father’s life was taken due to heart failure which left my sisters and I under the care of my mother’s sister. I faced adversity throughout my entire upbringing including living in poverty. However, I did not allow life’s difficulties

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