My Hero Journey Essay

Hero’s Journey When I was seven years old my parents decided to migrate to the United States because living without my father was very difficult for my sister and I. Arriving to the United States was a whole new thing; I really wanted to be with my dad but it was a big change in just a few days. It was very difficult starting school without knowing how to communicate with others. My father tried to help and taught me some of the little english he knew. In my elementary school I was placed in a bilingual class where I was able find some students who spoke some Spanish. I would help teach them some of the students who were struggling with Spanish and they would teach me English. High school was an emotional roller coaster for my family …show more content…
In part of because I was told by one of my classmates in my Math class that why did I tried in school that it did not matter, I was going to be cleaning houses, and flipping burgers. It really put me down that he thought that of me and thought that the was what everyone saw me doing in the future. Then it hit me that if i didn 't try that was something i was going to be doing and if I kept getting down on what others thought of me I wasn 't going to move forward. I have always dreamed of helping the hispanic community because I know the struggles they face. I remember one time when my dad was hospitalized there was a couple who didn 't speak English and was struggling to tell the nurse what was wrong. There was no one around them to help them out and at the time I remembered the days when I didn 't know how to speak English. I approached the couple and I helped them out until a Spanish Facilitador arrived. It felt good to help out and I still remember how thankful the couple was. My Senior year I searched for Spanish facilitador programs. I had little support from my parents and didn 't have a job or a car. I had no idea how i was getting to school, or how i was paying for