Young Latino Voices 1. I am a young Latina professional attempting to set forth a good precedent for my sisters, and be the best human I can be. I am an immigrant from Jalisco, Mexico. First to graduate high school and soon will be the first to graduate with two bachelor degrees from University of Nevada, Las Vegas in Latin American Studies and Political Science. I am a fashion lover who loves reading and knowing everything about social sciences and random trivia. Bad at every sport, but does not kill my motivation to try everything, learn about it, and try it at least once. I have been in and out between Jalisco and Nevada my whole life, but made a permanent move 6 years ago for school. 2. I am currently a full time student at UNLV …show more content…
My first job was with a loan officer where I worked as support staffer which pretty much meant everything from translating and interpreting to taking out the trash. From there I worked for a bit at Target, in their little café/Starbucks, which was my lesson in life where I did not want to be. During this time I interviewed for an internship with then Senator Ensign, and was brought on the team as an intern. I graduated high school and knew I had to get out of fast food, and went to apply for retail. I landed a job in a luxury retail store, thanks to my multiple language skills and did great. I had the time of my life working with very important and high profile clients and being close to what I loved Fashion, but I knew this was not going to be my career. I quit for an opportunity I was offered with Nevada Youth Coalition helping out with voter registration, but had to go back to Mexico for a bit. Upon returning I attended the NCLR conference in which I ran into a person from my past Law School mentorship program HUELLAS, who happened to tell me they were looking for a file clerk. I applied and interviewed, and was hired that fall with DeCastroverde Law Firm. I worked there for about a year and a half and moved up to legal assistant, when the opportunity for this job came. I interviewed in the fall, but was not given the job. I decided to head back home, and the day I returned back to Las Vegas to start my spring semester I got a call for a second interview and the rest is history. 3. I think the best part of my job is my casework, the behind the scene stuff. I have had the opportunity of reuniting families. Of connecting people and seeing them do great stuff. I could go on and on with my anecdotes, but it is that that inspired me to come to work every day. How with the support of the Senator I can help people work with the federal
The Latino Generation: Voices of the New America is a book written by Mario T. Garcia. This book tells the individual life stories of individual Latino Americans all attending the same class at University of California, Santa Barbra. The book discloses stories and events told by 13 students each who narrate from first person and give us a brief description of their life. The book is composed of 13 sections with an additional introduction and conclusion (Garcia, Kindle). Within this reflection I will describe the key points within this book and compare the stories within this book not only to each other, but also to additional stories of Latino Americans and how Garcia’s book rids the general public of misconception of Latinos.
A question that every high school student is faced with is: “What extracurricular activities so you participate in?” Some can answer confidently while others are slapped with a moment of sudden realization. These people are just floating along with the crowd, with no driving force or motivation. What I believe differentiates me from my peers and gives me a sense of uniqueness, is what I do outside of my academia. Out of the deluge of activities that are available, Latinos In Action is the one that I feel the most passionate about and shapes my persona the most.
I am an chinese and mexican american. You might think those are the best mixes of race you can get but you are truly wrong? Growing up in a small farm town in the outskirts of San Diego I truly wish I was white like the rest of the kids at my school. For the hardships I have faced with race discrimination I am truly ashamed of being the color and human genetics I have.
After graduation, the only job I could find to keep a roof over my head was, teaching! I went to work in January after a beloved teacher found it necessary to retire mid-year. I was teaching high school history, and coaching girls’ basketball.. The first game was Friday of m...
Being a Hispanic have impacted all my entire life; I lived 15 years of my life in Mexico I love being there because most part of my family live in Nuevo Laredo, I was cursing my last months of 8th grade and one day my mom told me that she was thinking about send me here to the U.S to start learn English; since I’m a U.S citizen and I didn't know the language of my country, I accepted. The most hard prove was live without having my mom at my side, since I live with my aunt now; when the days passed here in the U.S I started to depressed myself because I missed so much my house and all my family, one day in the middle of the night I call my mom crying and I told her that I really want go back to Mexico, but she didn’t take into account my desire my mom just explained me that it will be the best for my future and with the time I will be thankful with her for don’t let me go back. My mom, and my grandmother are the ones who motivates me to be a better student. Actually I’m in dual enrollment and I have taken AP classes; sometimes is hard for me talk, read or write in another language that the one I was accustomed but, every time I fail I get up and persist until I’m able to do what I want.
I am Mexican-American. It took me years to finally be able to say that with a sincere feeling of pride. Both of my parents were born in Mexico and moved here before they had a chance to attend college, so my entire life I’ve been exposed to both Mexican culture and American culture. Instead of seeing my multi-cultured world as unique and special, I saw it as a sort of disadvantage, but as time went on and I became more educated on the successes of Mexican-Americans, I had a newfound understanding and appreciation of the culture which consequentially influenced my future aspirations.
Stuck in a limbo between two different countries I face an identity crisis. I am Chicana, a Mexican-American living in Chicago. I was born and raised here minutes away from downtown Chicago and miles away from my roots. Both my parents come from a small town in the Mexican state of Guanajuato called Urianagato.
Being 7 years of age, a child’s only problem should be which toy they should play with. Unfortunately, for Eric Lopez at 7 years old he was put to work with his family to help support the household. Being the oldest of 3, the responsibilities of being the oldest meant working with his parents after school and on weekends, taking care of his brother and sister, and still maintaining to keep up with his schoolwork. This is the reality of how growing up in a Latino community has humbled Eric’s vision of life in this country. Experiencing the societal effects that economic policies have on Latinos first hand has influenced his designs tremendously. Although, through all the challenges Eric faced he managed to persevere and managed to enroll to
If I were to ask you “what would you do for your family?” what would be your response? Most of the time I would expect people to answer that question with “anything” and I would agree. From a young age, I was unintentionally taught to fear deportation. The reason I say it was “unintentional” is because although I knew I was born in the U.S I had family who was not, and their fear of deportation seemed to rub off on me, especially after hearing horrible stories related to it, so I engraved a longing fear into my mind. Aside from this fear came a desire to help struggling immigrants, even if it is by simply spreading awareness of the struggle that Hispanic immigrants endure. I am part of a UWM organization called LSU (Latino Student Union) and
When I first arrived to Mexico, it was the most beautiful place I've ever been too. Everything was so amazing. The rivers were so clear and pure that it almost looks like a water slide. The schools were so much shorter. I felt like we barely learned anything under such little time. It was hard to maintain a good job since some jobs were so hard working and people would earn a little bit of money, with the money a person would make would barely complete to get food. We would have little opportunities in having a great career. But I can tell you one thing it's such a amazing place to live in order to be having fun you should have a vacation their! Both places are beautiful! Just amazing. I wish I could go back sometimes.
Reflecting back on my career, I honestly couldn’t be more proud of myself at this point. I grew up in a lower income community with a blue collar family. Most people graduate from my High School and enter into the workforce, passing on college or trade schools. Most of these jobs are manufacturing or labor intensive positions. I however, had the fortune of attending college right out of High School on an athletic scholarship. Although I found out quickly that I was not ready to take on the responsibility of a student-athlete. Therefore, after just one year of college, I dropped out. Quickly realizing I needed to make money and provide for myself, I began working for a lawn care company. Working in lawn care was draining both physically and mentally. Physical labor 50+ hours a week takes its toll on your body. After work you don’t want to do anything but rest. You don’t have a lot of free time and you find yourself becoming burnt out really fast. Mentally you question yourself every day. Questions like, “why am I doing this” or “there has to be another way”. You feel worthless at times. After a year or so of doing lawn care, I chose to go back to school part-time, taking a class or two at a time. I still had to work in lawn care in order to pay the bills but I had a goal in mind, a goal to finish what I started. I always knew I wanted to work in a professional environment. After 4 years of working and taking courses, I decided I needed to change my environment. I was surrounded by the same people, people that weren’t contributing to my goal of becoming successful. Therefore, with some college education under my belt, I decided to apply for entry-level sales positions in Chicago. After interviews started to pres...
One goal that I have clearly established is to learn Spanish properly. I have always struggled with learning languages, but I also never put special effort into improving my abilities until recently. More recently I have been attempting to take more steps that would lead me to be more likely to learn Spanish. The first step I took was paying more attention in class. I work hard when I am working, but I get distracted fairly easily. I decided to work at overcoming that as to make myself more likely to succeed in the classroom. Secondly, I had a very bad habit of not doing my homework in my language classes. Using just those two steps I was able to greatly improve my scores and abilities in my Spanish class. Generally, I would either fail my
If I were a child living in Central America, I would choose to leave because the United States (or Mexico, for that matter) would be safer.
Growing up in the Rio Grande Valley my family background, and culture is typical for this area. Seeking a better opportunity my parents came to the United States from Mexico. I am a first generation Mexican-American, and my native language is Spanish. I have two other siblings, and hopefully will be the first in my family, but not the last to receive a Bachelor’s degree. Cesar, my wonderful husband of twelve years, and I have two awesome, loving, and silly children, a daughter (7), and a son (5). My family is very encouraging about school, and they are constantly motivating me to do well in school, and finish my degree.
In summary, throughout my life many career choices have crossed my mind. I have tried being a stay-at-home mom and a hospital employee. I am working on trying computers. The path I chose in computers is yet to be decided but the opportunities are vast. My current path leaves me many opportunities in healthcare and computers but the possibilities do not stop there. With further education I could still do anything.