Reflective Autobiography: My Multicultural Career Journey

Mr. Brown
Jesus Castillo
FYS 11
A Reflective Autobiography of my Career Development I was born and raised in Carolina, Puerto Rico. My parents are both dominican, therefore I was raised in two cultures. I went to school for the first time when I was 4 years old, and my earliest memories come from that event in my life. I remember some of my friends whom I went to elementary school later on. I also remember my teacher, she used to get our attention by putting a stick on the palm of her hands and keep it balanced. I used to think it was magical and amazing. I don’t hold too many memories from that period in my life though, but I do hold lots of memories from my time in elementary school. When I turned 5 years old, I started elementary school, on kindergarten. I remember most of my friends there, also my teacher. I remember learning how to color, the vowels and playing with plasticine. I remember that on the first day I didn’t know my name

You could do a grade in a semester instead of a year. During this time I was determined on becoming a lawyer. My parents always told me I should be a lawyer because they said “tu no pierde un caso” (you don’t lose a case). I also thought I was good at winning arguments and I liked the way movies portray lawyers, it seemed cool and fun to me. I also wanted to be a lawyer because I thought they “made good money” and I wouldn’t have to worry about my finances. All of that changed when I had the opportunity to take a class of criminal justice with a couple of recently graduated lawyers which my school offered. I liked the class, but I realized that I didn’t want to become a lawyer. I started changing my mind because of all the years it takes to be in that profession and because it just didn’t attract me anymore when I learned a little more about it through the class. From that point I didn’t know what I wanted to