My mother, Wendi Briseno, is a 35 year-old woman. She was born in 1981 Ogden, Utah. My mom was only 19 years-old when I was born. She is the youngest of three girls. She and her family were a very poor family, and they grew up travelling around. Her home town is Ogden, Utah. They moved to Washington for awhile. They lived there a few years before moving back down to Utah. Ogden, Utah is right next to the Wasatch Mountains.
She remembers and loves the four seasons; Utah had cold winters, and the summers were warm, but it’s “a dry heat.” It’s very beautiful. She loves the scenery, (the mountains, the trees, the hills, and canyons). “How many people do you know that have a mountain in their backyard?” She would smirk as she recalled the large mountains that were quite literally in her backyard. …show more content…
There was a lot of gangs where she grew up, and she lived in a poor area. “I imagine that because of religious suppression,” she often says. In her home town, there was pretty big disparity between the rich and poor. I feel like there was a lot of rebellious youth. There was mostly white people with some hispanic, and a lack of ethnic diversity. I think because of this the people were close minded and naive to the world that was different to their norm. Not a lot of people seeing other people’s point of views. The way I grew up was black and white. I didn’t grew up religious, I grew up in an anti-religious household. This was uncommon in the area. Most people were either anti religious or very religious. All of my friends were mormons. I was baptized as a mormon at 16 because i wanted to testify that i belonged to
She remembers and loves the four seasons; Utah had cold winters, and the summers were warm, but it’s “a dry heat.” It’s very beautiful. She loves the scenery, (the mountains, the trees, the hills, and canyons). “How many people do you know that have a mountain in their backyard?” She would smirk as she recalled the large mountains that were quite literally in her backyard. …show more content…
There was a lot of gangs where she grew up, and she lived in a poor area. “I imagine that because of religious suppression,” she often says. In her home town, there was pretty big disparity between the rich and poor. I feel like there was a lot of rebellious youth. There was mostly white people with some hispanic, and a lack of ethnic diversity. I think because of this the people were close minded and naive to the world that was different to their norm. Not a lot of people seeing other people’s point of views. The way I grew up was black and white. I didn’t grew up religious, I grew up in an anti-religious household. This was uncommon in the area. Most people were either anti religious or very religious. All of my friends were mormons. I was baptized as a mormon at 16 because i wanted to testify that i belonged to