My Father Research Paper

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My father was born in Port Elizabeth, South Africa on February 18, 1973. As a kid he was very into paintball and competed in regional and national tournaments. He was kind of nerdy and excelled in all his classes. In high school my dad met my mom through friends and felt an instant connection. After a high school, my dad followed his father's influences and became an electrician to continue the family business. My dad went on to compete in 3 paintball world cups for the South Africa team, he worked at the family paintball fields as well as the family electrical contracting company and became a private coach after he stopped competing. On September 23, 1997 he married my mom and went through some of the greatest moments of his life with her by his side. Years later when he wanted to start a family he was unable to because south Africa was too dangerous to start a family. …show more content…

After a successful interview and 3 months alone in California my dad went back to South Africa to say his final goodbyes to all his friends and family. He helped my mom get here safely and once she was settled in to her cozy apartment in Rancho Santa Margarita, California he left for Hebron, Kentucky and worked there for 9 months. When he returned from Kentucky my dad continued to work in telecom for several more companies building wireless cell sites. In 2003 my mom fell pregnant with me after a miscarriage and the possibly of never being able to have children. On April 19, 2004 I was brought into the world and changed my family's world forever because I was the first female born in 3 generations. In 2010 my dad started working for an international engineering company called Black & Veatch based in Overland Park, Kansas. He started off working in telecom where he built the first AT&T LTE networks in Los Angeles and Orange

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