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I 'm Armando Leon a 46-year-old Cuban doctor, arrived at USA in January-2016 with my family to achieve a better future and my challenge is working and study to be a nurse.

In 2013 we were in Cuba, my wife Eglis work like a nurse and my son Rey wanted to study cybernetic but wish our salary the life in Cuba was difficult to make a decorative life we don 't have money to buy a house, car, also to go on vacations outside our country so we planning to migrate to Ecuador in november-2013. In Ecuador I work very hard at university and my wife work in government hospital but we had a difficult situation with Rey school we think that the best decisions were coming to USA.

When we arrived here We were worried, Rey needs study very hard to make high levels of professionalism bicause are essential in the future, my wife will study to make a nursing board and I have to find a work to earn money to buy food, medicines, clothes and pay the nurse school To study nurse and work without distractions from personal problems means a good planning time, study in the afternoon and find a part-time job in the morning but to pay the books rent house, internet connection and uniform I need to find a good job, My family is very happy now Because my son is learning different language also my wife are spiking English at work and Know different persons with different cultures such as Asian, Russian so we are improving professionals skills. …show more content…

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