Immigration Struggles: Anaisa Truffin's Unique Journey

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Everyone has their own unique story when it comes to immigration. Anaisa Truffin now 26 years has her very own unique experience of the immigration life. Through many great answers that she gave me I’m going to explain the struggles of having to abandon her youth to flourish in a new society. Anaisa was born in Cuba in 1987, from a young age she’s always been very independent person from what she remembers. She always has been outgoing, and very strong willed which she claims she got from her father. When Anaisa was thirteen she and her family received a great opportunity to move and live in the United States. This was great news because this meant that they could have a chance of a better life. Furthermore, Anaisa’s parents sold all their …show more content…

Her parents couldn’t find proper way to learn English so they relied on her to do so. Anaisa tells how she had to give up a lot of the fun things she did to learn as much as she could. She would go to school, and after she would have to attend afterschool learning programs to get practice with this new language. Also had to attend evening classes from Monday to Thursday to get an even better understanding of this new language and customs. She really wanted to do other things of course, but she cared about her family more than anything. She explains that the process of learning was very hard because English is a very complicated language to learn, from the writing to the pronunciations to how to use the words properly. It was all a living hell for such a young …show more content…

She is currently working hard advancing her business forward to make a better living for herself. The business has had a slow start, but she claims that is natural for things to not fall into place first time around. She knows how hard things are to accomplish, and she knows what she must do to accomplish what she wants. From all the she has learned she’s now teaches the ropes to her brother like that he doesn’t have to struggle like she did. She helps him in any way that she cans and she’s more than happy to do so. She mentors him on the right things that he should expect in school, and what to do in order to succeed. She tells her story to anyone her asks about her past, and it always seems to affect them in a positive way. She tells anyone who is currently going through what she has experienced, to not give up, and stay head strong. She empathies with them and counsels them in any type of way that could help them. She very strong wiled and head strong, but also extremely kind and caring towards others. Her quote to everyone is, “Success is admired because is not easy to do and not everyone archives it, but if you do teach

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