The United States of America is considered a melting pot. People from different countries, backgrounds, and ideologies make their way to this country for innumerable opportunities. In 1999, my family made the brave choice to move to the United States. I am a part of a Latino immigrant family. Being a minority, I must deal with stereotypical comments. I have heard insults about the size of my family and my legal status. The worst, and best, thing that I have ever been told, was that I will never make it. Constantly hearing the degrading words of others that Latinos will never go to college because we are lazy is what inspires me to prove everyone wrong and I am willing to work hard to do so. Currently, I am undecided on what I want to major in but I have narrowed it down to two choices; Computer Science or Political Science. Since I was little, my mother would always ask me for help on the computer. She would call me her “hacker”, even though she did not know what the word meant since she does not speak very good English. Helping my mother with computers sparked my …show more content…
My brother was the one who sparked my interest in politics. One day I was watching television with my mom and she was saying she missed my brother since he was off at college, so I decided to FaceTime him. I handed my phone over to my mom who began talking to my brother. Eventually, my brother asked to talk to me. He told me about the Milwaukee riots and police brutality. He began to question me about how I thought these events affected me. To further my understanding, he encouraged me to look into them and that is what I did. I found myself deep in the rabbit hole, which eventually led me to sign up for AP Government and Politics. I was able to learn more about our federal government and the law-making process. This interest causes me to want to improve the rights, not only for immigrants but for all minorities who get the “short end of the