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As you may not know I'm Perla Agustin a girl from Mexico desiring to go to college to be able to support her family and be able to provide a better financial base for them as well . As I was born in a different country I wasn't able to understand English as a child there was many obstacles that I had to overcome due to that handicap that I had. As first starting school as a spanish speaker it was difficult to communicate with other people at first as there were also other people that did speak spanish. As the months went on, I began to better understand English that I so struggled to understand. It took me a while to be accustomed it and write this knew language that I so strived to understand. As the day finally came that I could finally

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