2. How has your family history, culture, or environment influenced who you are?
Arriving to the United States, also known as “The Land of Opportunity” by many immigrants, has enlightened me on the very true meaning of that title. Since I come from a family with only one college graduate, being that my mother and many family members barely made it to high school, has left a remarkable impact on my life. I remember listening to stories my grandmother would tell me about how, her and her sisters would walk to school, barefoot, for miles-upon-miles to get an education that they very much needed in 1950s Jamaica. Eventually, they had to cease their education, since the income they were receiving from the cows and other animals on their farm, wasn’t