Personal Narrative: My Life As An Immigrant

I am a firm believer that difficult roads often lead one to beautiful destinations. As I have grown and matured, I have walked through multiple arduous roads. These tough roads have challenged me and have transformed me into the person that I am today. The most difficult and recurring challenge that I have faced all throughout my life would have to be being an immigrant. The challenges that have unfolded in my life due to my status have caused me to learn ways to overcome such things as discrimination, adjusting to a different environment, and the feeling of isolation. Thus, with overcoming such massive struggles, I think that the lessons I have learned from them can help and motivate me in completing college. Being an immigrant means being …show more content…
My sister and I were dropped off in Dallas, Texas and waited two days for my mother to finish crossing. Once we had reunited with my mother, we were picked up by my uncle and brought to his home in Kansas City. My sister and I did not anticipate that my mother would be sent to work so soon, but the day after we came to Kansas City she was already being taught how to work in roofing construction. By the time that summer had ended, my mother had enrolled my sister and I in All Saints Catholic School. My sister Ana and I both faced the same challenge, this challenge was the language barrier. We had no idea how to speak any English and we did fear we would let my mom down and fail school. I tried my best to learn the language, but with me being in kindergarten, I felt scared to even speak. I would stare at the teacher and I would have no idea how to even ask to go to the bathroom. With this incapability, I did not enjoy school, I could not talk to anyone in my class or make any friends. I felt completely isolated in this country, I just wanted to make my mother proud so I knew I would have to perceiver. Eventually, I used this fear and made it drive myself to learn english as fast as I could. By first grade, I