Why I Want To America Essay

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There are approximately 11.5 million immigrants that reside in the United States. My mom and I are a part of those statistics. At the age of five years old, she and I left all that we knew in the Philippines to pursue a better life in America. The change of lifestyles, from having basically nothing to living comfortably, allows me to appreciate all that life has to offer. Seeing the world with this different perspective gives me motivation to use the opportunities that I have so that I can participate in a future that will allow me to help others.
Every summer when my family visits the Philippines, my dad would say to me as we’re boarding the plane, “you’ve got best of both worlds, Creshelle”. But living in the Philippines wasn’t always as beautiful as the country seems. The poverty that most of the nation’s citizens live in brings out the daily struggle that each family faces. My mother, being that she was a single parent, had to work islands away so that she could send the majority of her income to feed me. With her working far, I never got to see her much, creating a stronger mother-daughter relationship with my Nanay Freda (a close family friend). Our house wasn’t the greatest; it was small, barely big enough to fit my mom, me, and my aunt’s family. But
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Knowing what it’s like to have little gives me a different type of gratefulness for what has been given to me compared to my peers. Experiencing hardships first hand in a third world country creates an appreciation towards all the options that I’ve got after high school. Every chance I get to advance further into my future isn’t ever taken for granted because someday I would like to advocate for those who struggled like my mom and me. It’s one thing to create a successful future for myself but it means a lot more for me to create a future that will help others be