HispanicHeritageEssayICS16TORR


 * May 6, 2016**


 * Essay Topic:** Overcoming Challenges: Hispanics in the United States.

 Is life easy growing up in your home place then moving far to another better place to start fresh? Well no it is not, there have been many Hispanics who have been challenged to difficult situations and have lost many things to start a new better life. There are Hispanics all over the world who are either figuring a way to move to the United States or trying to escape their terrible countries to make and succeed to have a better life here in the United States. If you know a person who has gone through so much, you should ask them how their life was and focus on three major things, their early life, the difficulties and challenges they took, and how they achieved and accomplished their dreams of pursuing to have a better life than they had before.

 A few weeks ago I interviewed my dad and asked him how his live was when he was just around my age. There were some questions that he answered that really shocked me and things that I never really had to do at my age. My dad is originally from Sevilla, Colombia and lived in a household with four siblings plus his mother and father. He was not as rich but neither as poor, so he was in between (Tito Torres). When he was fourteen, his father died and since then it was rough to raise a household of five (Tito Torres). At times there was not enough money to go around, so he and his siblings had to work around the streets and sell homemade food to help out their mother while his mother worked at home fixing clothing for others (Tito Torres). My dad’s family had a farm of their own with cows, horses, hens, pigs, turkeys, etc that they took care of and from the cows and hens they got freshly milk and eggs to serve as food. The farm was not near the neighborhood that they lived in, so he had his uncles who took care mostly of the farm (Tito Torres). In my opinion my dad had a nice with a few difficulties life.

 In 1996 at the age of 33, my dad came to the United States (Tito Torres). He decided to come here to live a better life and accomplish on what he wanted to work as further in life (Tito Torres). I asked him, "What were some of the struggles and challenges you faced?" He answered, " I worked really hard to earn the money that I needed to pay for the house bills. I worked three jobs because I had to pay for everything I spent to be able to come over here. Every day, since I worked three jobs, I only had about 6 to 4 hours of sleep. At my first job I had to go to work at 3 in the morning and then got out at 8 am. After wards I had to go to the second job that started at 9 am and ended at 5 o'clock in the afternoon. From then, I had to be at my third job by 6 pm and then I ended at 11 at night (Tito Torres)." Working three jobs each day should have been almost impossible, especially only having about 3 to 4 hours of sleep each day. But life was like that, my dad wanted to come here to the United States to have a better life but no one ever said it was going to be easy. If he did not have the courage to keep going on, he would not have the things and life he has today.

After months living in the United States, my dad had already been used to having a life here and controlling it, but he still had a few challenges to face. For starters, my dad had to learn the language English to be able to communicate with others because he really did not understand what others were saying. So, when he arrived here, he took classes to learn the language (Tito Torres). When he already had his English speaking down, everything began to be easier because he could understand what others said and receive directions really well plus finding other great jobs (Tito Torres). After living so many years here in the United States, I asked him, "Is there anything you like or don't like about the United States? He answered, "What I like is that you can easily find the certain things you need after having a job and a good credit. Having a life here is very relaxing and you can feel well secured with your surroundings." Before when he lived in Colombia, it was not s secured and safe walking around alone, but coming here and knowing it was a good feeling (Tito Torres).

In Conclusion, moving to a new place to start fresh is really hard but it has good parts to it. You can put yourself to the test to find out parts of you that you never knew you had, challenge your greatest strengths, and work on your weaknesses. All these people who have moved to new places to start fresh always has something eye opening and breathe taking to their story. If someone can go through so much work and accomplish it then we can do the same.

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