When we moved back to Los Fresnos, my mom would take my brother and I to the library in the summer at the beginning of my sixth grade year. I remember the first time my mother took my brother and I to the library. The long rows of bookshelves were a true sight to behold. In that instant, it was as if my mom read my mind. “Now, let’s go get you two your first library card.”…
I moved from from Texas to Arizona last year. It was a really difficult move. I lived there my whole life, so I had to leave everyone and everything I loved. We had some neighbors who became like family to me, I loved those people. They didn’t have much money at all; one parent was a drug addict and the other a dealer.…
I was born and raised in Madera, California. My parents have done their best to teach my siblings and me about their culture backgrounds and traditions. My parents are both from the state of Oaxaca, which is in southern Mexico. I started to learn at a very young age about my beliefs and values. During our family events, my parents used this as a learning opportunity to teach me and my siblings about our family tree.…
Ten years ago, February 2007, I set out on an adventure and moved to Oregon. Growing up in the Black Hills, the forest was our playground. We would spend our days, hiking, biking, making forts, and climbing trees. Now that I live in Central Oregon, there are not very many pine trees and forest around.…
March 1st, 2013, the night I turned my freedom over to a 5ft2 blonde whose name will be left unmentioned due to the integrity I have. I was a dumb stupid freshman and could not see past all the warnings I received from upper classmen warning me about this girl. I thought she was the greatest thing that walked the earth. I felt I was in love and that she was the one I would marry some day. When I found out I was moving back to Colorado after my freshmen year I felt the world was coming to an end because that means I would have to leave her behind.…
The fierce sun that afternoon blazed its burning rays down the freeway. Engines bellowed sonorously as they sprinted by each other on the freeway. Los Angeles was unusually rainy that day. Rain splashed the windows under the afternoon sun, clinging to the smooth glass before being blown away. Droplets disturbed the silence inside the car as they drummed on the roof, whispering goodbyes before being blown away.…
On September 4th, 15 years ago, I was born. I was born in Duluth, Minnesota and lived in Superior. After living there for 5 years, I moved to Arizona. I lived in Arizona for 3 months. My family realized the weather was just too hot, so we moved back to Hermantown.…
New school, new friends, and new opportunities came around every corner my freshman year. Before I moved to Cincinnati Ohio my life was completely different from what I experience now. I went to a small methodist school in Naples Florida there were about 15 kids in my eighth grade classroom. The school in general was very strict, very religious, and very vigorous. That school was all I had every known…
Many people say they have been through it all without acknowledging that others have it tougher than them. Life for me now may not be as it seems, I have been through a lot of tough moments in my life, but the toughest time occurred when I was only 10 years old. I used to live in Dominican Republic with my mom and sister. I lived there for about 10 years and just when I was about to turn 11, my mom decide to move to the United States. When we came to this country I did not even know how to speak english.…
It was a cold and snowy day outside when it all began. January 14, 2014; the day that my parents had officially decided to move to Phoenix, Arizona from Detroit, Michigan. This is the day a lot changed in my life. My parents made this decision for a few different reasons. However, the main reason was my eight year old sister, Abigail, who had a terrible case of asthma.…
When I was younger, my parents always bragged how I was a quiet and obedient child. Growing up in a small town of Tennessee and Illinois, where there were more trees than people, you knew everyone. Everyone knew you. Life was simple back then. Everything changed after moving to California, with massive schools, more people, and bigger houses.…
I’m Jose Luis Ortiz-Vega and I was born and raised in San Jose, California. My parents on the other hand were born in Mexico. My mom was born in Guadalajara and my dad in Tonala. They both came over to the United States at a young age because they wanted to find what they call the “American Dream.” Soon they had six kids which I was one of them.…
I lived in a farm in the south of Brazil for more than half of my life, I worked while in high school in places ranging from shoe factory to restaurant kitchen to furniture designing stores. I didn't went to college there, so I had to work with the opportunities life had given me. But when I came to San Francisco something changed my life expectations and I hope that that will help me become a good mentor. Coming from another country and starting a new life seemed very exciting but it was a great challenge to me. I had to learn a new language while trying to understand the new culture I was just becoming a part of.…
My trip to California It was a bright sunny day during December of 2013. I couldn’t believe it was really warm around winter time. The weather was just perfect.…
California Life On December 26, 2015 I was taking part of Red Dead Redemption on my Xbox in the morning when I got a call from my grandparents. Like always, I thought it was just about rides and other things like my dog when they broke the news to me that I was going to the Rose Bowl with my mom, Chris, Autumn! But, when my sister heard, she wasn't as happy because she really wanted to go.…