An Essay About Being Hispanics

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Today there are many interpretations of what being a Hispanic is or should be. In my opinion however, the most vital parts of being a Hispanic are hard work, sacrifice, and being a self-made culture.
If you’ve grown in a Hispanic family, hard work was probably the third thing you were taught next to speaking and walking. This is due to the belief that through hard work anything can be achieved: the American Dream. My fellow Hispanics are constantly putting in hard work in order to reach that dream they long for. I can see that hard work every day through my father who gets up every morning for work and doesn’t come home until sundown in order to make enough money to keep food on our plates. I see it through the janitors at my school whose tiredness I can see across the hall and whose hard work I can see stained on the polished hallway I stand. And of course, I see it in the mirror every night when I find myself awake trying to finish scholarship after scholarship in hopes of a better life.
In addition to hard work, my Hispanic ancestors have sacrificed themselves. They came to this country and took on the jobs that others didn’t want: they became farm workers and hard rock miners. Despite the low pay and substandard working conditions, they went through with these jobs because they
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Their hard work and sacrifice, have truly made us a self-made culture. We are no longer farm workers or miners; we are now entrepreneurs, doctors, lawyers, and leaders in this country. I am living proof of these characteristics because through my hard work I am on my way to college, through my sacrifice I will find a way to finance my education, and ultimately end with a respectable career. I will be a self-made Hispanic woman amongst the many before me. This is what being a Hispanic truly