Personal Narrative: Migration To The United States

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I was born in Chicago Illinois, but moved to Puerto Rico at a very young age. Having lived my early childhood in Puerto Rico, my Hispanic culture mode me in the person that I am today and how I view the people around me. Growing in Puerto Rico was common to great people with a kiss on the check regardless if it was a family member of someone you just met a practice that I still do, but only with family members because it is not as common practice in the United State. When I first moved to Puerto Rico it was hard for me to communicated since I did not know the language and I time when by I learned Spanish and I was easier to communicate with my school mate. In the same token after graduating from high school and moving back to Chicago

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