If the world was a pond than I barely made a ripple in it. I don 't volunteer as often as I want to due to my own family’s duties, but I do strive to help as much as I can. My parents owned a small Chinese restaurant in the local mall. When I was not at school, I was at the restaurant working the cashier. Despite it being almost a decade since my parents and I moved to America from China, neither my mom nor my dad speaks English fluently. After my own struggle with learning English, I now help my parents out by acting as their translator, which includes going to doctor 's appointment and school conferences. As their daughter, I wanted my parents to gain more independence in doing daily tasks, such as having a basic conversation with another