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I moved with my family, from Poland, to American when I was in second grade. Ever since then, I always felt that the privilege of knowing two completely different lifestyles allowed me to be become more open-mined. Since I was old enough to remember how life was like back in my motherland, now I love comparing different cultures and seeing what they have in common as well as looking at what makes each country unique. Consequently, I think it was my background/ culture that shaped me to be the person I am today as I admire testing new ideas. One of my current passions is actually something I would never imagine myself doing back when I lived in Poland. When I was in seventh grade I stumbled upon a YouTube video which rather interested me. It was a Korean music video and little did I know back then that it was actually a K-pop video, a very popular industry in the Korean culture. …show more content…

The past three years I have continued being part of the group and I am proud to still be in it my senior year, holding the position of the group leader for the second year. Some people find it a bit strange that, for someone who is not Korean, I am teaching others Korean dances and Korean culture, however, those comments never discouraged me. I keep doing what I love to do despite what others may think and I feel that I have my past to thank for that as because of my experiences I always saw cultural differences as an invitation to learn from each other rather than barriers. In my opinion, just because we come from a certain place we do not have to only be a part of that specific culture. This is also why I am glad I had the chance to move to the United States because it allowed me to meet people from various countries, which impacted me for the rest of my

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