Personal Narrative: My Experience Of Moving To Brazil

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I was born in Brazil, I moved to the United State when I was only right years old. I was very young and I did not understand why parents were making such a big sacrifice, especially because I thought that we were financially stable and safe. I am from one of the biggest cities in Brazil, Goiania. I am also from one of the most dangerous places in the city. During the years where I still lived in Brazil and when I was moving to the US, was meaningful to me. My parents were not financially stable and we were not safe. I have experienced things that some people in my age have never experienced. When my parents made the decision of moving to a different country I was not happy, I was not aware of how different other places were. When we moved,

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