Marcos A. Fontes Legacy

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What the legacy of Marcos A. Fontes is, is what i would have to say is Something that 's going to be great and will be great. As of today I am known as just a Normal teenager, the person who has grown up into a family restaurant business, Someone who grew up with a little brother with special needs. Some people view me as just a normal football player, a student with pretty close to great grades. Although in reality the legacy that i have brought to my own mind as a person the person who i am today. Every thing that i know to as myself i have had to in a way work for and bring to my own name. That concept of how i live my life is the one i am going to live by until i die. I plan to do the things that overcome the goals of my mind by doing …show more content…
Along with the help of an amazing mother, and a supportive crew of people that even if i 'm not related to, i call family. I was born June 25th 1999 at 8:26 in the morning i can 't really say so far that “ A legend was born” But i can say that a legay was started not only for myself as i would say but a new life i brought to my Family and it was only the beginning. I grew up under the household of a basically close to single mother (at the time), Along with her parents. You see i was born into a mexican american family, who came up into america through the food business (on my grandma 's side).Along with Hard working family members who worked hard to have what they have, and bring up people like me. In reality i was blessed to be born into such an amazing family that had so much care and audacity to work hard and live the right way.Then came my siblings, first Andres with who i had a best friend to come into my life, Then came Jesse who changed my life forever you see, Jesse has cerebral Palsy, When he was 3 months old he stopped breathing, and brain damage came ceverly to him, his life was never going to normal, along with that mine as well. ( I could go on and on about jesse and his life but jesse is just one of the big factors of who i am in my life and how i carry him into my legacy) Basically growing up i never had the normal life of i child but in a way i learned that it 's not a bad thing because i see that all these factors in my life have made me who am today as a

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