Who Am Autobiography Essay Examples

I was born on May 5, 1997 in The Northwest Hospital. I was born into a caring and loving family. My dad’s name is Timothy and my mother’s name is Joanne. I don’t remember much when I was a little girl but I always remember my family being a little different. When I was very little, around 5 months old, my father had a stroke that paralyzed his left side. This changed his whole life but also impacted mine. I don’t remember my dad being healthy. I have always seen him walking with a cane and needing a brace around his leg to support himself. I remember him falling and having seizures every so often. As a little girl this scared me because I had no idea what was happening. All I could see was someone hurting and I didn’t know what to do about it. I was a very scared little girl. For as long as I can remember I have always been a very shy and quite person. I am an only child and there weren’t that many kids in the neighborhood, so when I was younger I would play by myself. Since I played alone with stuffed animals and fake cash registers, I never learned how to be outgoing and talkative as a little girl. I didn’t learn great social skills because I would talk to myself or pretend that my toys were talking back to me. This led to hiding behind my mom’s legs and peak my head out in social situations. Since I am not an outgoing person I never liked having all of the attention on me. When my parents and I would go out somewhere, we would receive a lot of attention because people’s eyes are drawn to people with disabilities. I was always very embarrassed of people looking at my family because I knew something was different. When this happened it taught my brain to not like attention, so when the attention is on me, I choke up and don’t know what to do. Going into my elementary years, I started to be more social but still not as much as I should have been. I went to Adams Elementary in Ballard. This school was about ten minutes away from my house and it was an art enriched school. Both of my parents graduated college with degree in art, so art was heavily influenced in my life. At this school, I met two girls, who would become my bests friends for some time. Both of their names were Isabella but I called one Bella, so it would be easier to address them. They were very influential people in my life and taught me to be less shy. I continued through elementary school with them and some other people I met on the way. One thing I remember from elementary school was getting the humanitarian award. This award was given to two fifth graders every year. And in my fifth grade year, I won it along with another friend of mine named Eric. I remember my name being called and every one was cheering. But since I didn’t like all the attention I just hid behind my parents. Elementary school was great. I got to do a lot of art and go on field trips. It was a very easy time in my life. Everything was so simple. Through out my time in elementary school, my family was attending a Lutheran church in Ballard. I don’t remember a lot about this church except that it had a great play ground. My family left this church because my dad did not like …show more content…
I learned more about who I am because of history class and my parents. I am Asian American. My father is Caucasian and my mother is Asian. I am not as dark as other Asian Americans but I do have features that represent my heritage. I am Japanese to make things easy but being more specific I am actually Okinawan, which is an island of Japan. Okinawans have different features than Japanese people. The have thicker hair and a more build body. I have a mixture of a Japanese and a Polynesian body. I really enjoyed being different from other people. My school was mostly white so there was not much diversity. But many of the white kids hung out with the white kids. It was very racially sectioned which made it hard to learn about other people’s culture and