They left their family and everything they knew in order
to have an opportunity to succeed and achieve the
“American Dream”. My mother came to the United
States at the age of 15 when she was pregnant with
me. My father also came when he was in his youth. He
left a family that lived in severe poverty and came to the
U.S. to seek more opportunity and live a better life.
My family went through many hardships , at one point
we were homeless and didn’t have a place to live and
we ended up living in the back of my father’s suburban.
There were times we lacked the everyday necessities
to survive .
My family went through many hardships , at one point
we were homeless and didn’t have a place to live and
we ended up living in the back of my father’s suburban.
There were times we lacked the everyday necessities
to survive . Slowly but surely, my parents were able to
find jobs, my father worked in several different jobs, he
was a truck driver for a while, then he worked at a
forestry company, then he stared his own small farm in
which we sold our produce at farmers markets, and to
local stores My brothers and I would work with my dad
on the farm. Today we are all US citizens. My family was
never really well off we always had to struggle . School
was difficult for me when I was a child my first language
was Spanish.
my parents both spoke English, but they spoke
Spanish at home and that was what I learned. I
remember going to English classes with my dad when
I was in preschool. It still came difficult to me and I
remember as a little kid other students would pick on
me because I spoke with an accent. Eventually I
learned the language and the school became easier.
When I finally graduated high school I went to Central
Washington University where I graduated after four
years, during that time I earned minors in Spanish and
Sociology, and I earned my Bachelors degree in Law
and Justice. After I graduated I’d applied for Eastern
Washington University’s School of Social and was
accepted as a graduate student. I always wanted to be
a social worker , because they were there for us
everytime we needed assistance, so I wanted to do the
same for others. The most difficult part was applying
for a scholarship. One late evening, I’d received a
phone call. I was at first sad because I thought the call
was to inform me I hadn’t earned the scholarship, but I
was very happy and surprise to hear I was offered a
scholarship to attend EWU.
I don’t think there is anything special about me and
anyone who want’s to move forward can. It’s
undoubtedly hard work and it takes time patience and
focus to make it through school. I think what kept me
going was remembering the hardships that my family
went through. My parents did the hard work which was
coming to this country and now I am here to make my
parents dreams come true. I think people need to
remember who they are, where they come from and
why they are here. Remember why their parent’s or
grandparents or whoever left the country that they were
living in and came to this country. A simple thing that my
family and parents always told me that kept me going
was “HECHALE GANAS”.
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to have an opportunity to succeed and achieve the
“American Dream”. My mother came to the United
States at the age of 15 when she was pregnant with
me. My father also came when he was in his youth. He
left a family that lived in severe poverty and came to the
U.S. to seek more opportunity and live a better life.
My family went through many hardships , at one point
we were homeless and didn’t have a place to live and
we ended up living in the back of my father’s suburban.
There were times we lacked the everyday necessities
to survive .
My family went through many hardships , at one point
we were homeless and didn’t have a place to live and
we ended up living in the back of my father’s suburban.
There were times we lacked the everyday necessities
to survive . Slowly but surely, my parents were able to
find jobs, my father worked in several different jobs, he
was a truck driver for a while, then he worked at a
forestry company, then he stared his own small farm in
which we sold our produce at farmers markets, and to
local stores My brothers and I would work with my dad
on the farm. Today we are all US citizens. My family was
never really well off we always had to struggle . School
was difficult for me when I was a child my first language
was Spanish.
my parents both spoke English, but they spoke
Spanish at home and that was what I learned. I
remember going to English classes with my dad when
I was in preschool. It still came difficult to me and I
remember as a little kid other students would pick on
me because I spoke with an accent. Eventually I
learned the language and the school became easier.
When I finally graduated high school I went to Central
Washington University where I graduated after four
years, during that time I earned minors in Spanish and
Sociology, and I earned my Bachelors degree in Law
and Justice. After I graduated I’d applied for Eastern
Washington University’s School of Social and was
accepted as a graduate student. I always wanted to be
a social worker , because they were there for us
everytime we needed assistance, so I wanted to do the
same for others. The most difficult part was applying
for a scholarship. One late evening, I’d received a
phone call. I was at first sad because I thought the call
was to inform me I hadn’t earned the scholarship, but I
was very happy and surprise to hear I was offered a
scholarship to attend EWU.
I don’t think there is anything special about me and
anyone who want’s to move forward can. It’s
undoubtedly hard work and it takes time patience and
focus to make it through school. I think what kept me
going was remembering the hardships that my family
went through. My parents did the hard work which was
coming to this country and now I am here to make my
parents dreams come true. I think people need to
remember who they are, where they come from and
why they are here. Remember why their parent’s or
grandparents or whoever left the country that they were
living in and came to this country. A simple thing that my
family and parents always told me that kept me going
was “HECHALE GANAS”.
___________________________________________
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-- Mi nombre es Víctor Larios y tengo eran adolescentes. Dejaron su familia y todo lo que sabían para tener una oportunidad de tener éxito y alcanzar el “Sueño Americano”. Mi madre llegó a Estados Unidos a la edad de 15 años cuando estaba embarazada de mí. Mi padre también vino cuando él era un adolescente, dejo a su familia que vivía en la pobreza severa y llegó a los EE.UU. a buscar más oportunidades y una vida mejor. Mi familia pasó por muchas dificultades, hubo un momento que no tenían domicilio fijo y no tenían un lugar para vivir y terminamos viviendo en la parte posterior del suburban de mi padre. Algunas veces no tuvimos lo necesario para sobrevivir durante el día. Lento pero seguro, mis padres pudieron encontrar trabajo. Mi padre trabajó en varios empleos, fue conductor de camión por un tiempo, luego trabajo en una empresa forestal, y al tiempo compro una pequeña granja en la que vendíamos nuestros productos a los mercados agrícolas y las tiendas locales. Mi familia nunca fue muy acomodada siempre tuvimos que luchar y mis hermanos y yo trabajamos en la finca con mi padre. La escuela fue difícil para mí cuando yo era niño. Mi primer idioma fue el español, mis padres ambos hablaban inglés, pero hablaban español en casa y eso fue lo que aprendí. Recuerdo que fui a clases de inglés con mi papá cuando yo estaba en la preescolar. Todavía fue difícil para mí y recuerdo peleas en la escuela cuando yo era un niño, porque los otros niños se metian conmigo porque hablaba con acento. Finalmente aprendi el lenguaje y la escuela se volvió más fácil. Cuando finalmente me gradue de secundaria fui a Central Washington University donde me graduó después de cuatro años. Durante ese tiempo me gradue con titulos Español y Sociología, y me gradue con la licenciatura en Derecho y Justicia. Después de graduarme aplique para la Escuela de Sociologia en la Eastern Washington University y fui aceptado como estudiante graduate. La parte más difícil fue aplicar para una beca. Una noche, recibi una llamada telefónica. Al principio estaba triste porque pensaba que la llamada era para decirme que no había ganado la beca, para mi sorpresa me ofrecieron una beca para asistir a EWU. No creo ser nada especial y cualquier persona que desee superarse, puede hacerlo. Sin duda es un trabajo duro, y se necesita tiempo, paciencia y el enfoque para hacerlo a través de la escuela. Creo que lo que me permitió seguir fue recordando las penurias que pasó mi familia. Mis padres hicieron el trabajo duro de venir a este país y ahora estoy aquí para hacer realidad los sueños de mis padres. Creo que la gente necesita recordar quiénes son, de dónde vienen y por qué están aquí. Recordar por qué sus padres o abuelos o quien salió de la pobreza que vivian llegaron a este país. Una cosa simple que mi familia y los padres siempre me decían que me mantuvo en marcha fue “echale ganas”. _______________________________________ |
Victor Larios