Who am I?

Who am I??

My name is Jhojaira, and I was born on January 29, 1994 in Ecuador. My parents thought me the importance of education. When I lived in Ecuador before coming to the United States, I was educated in a religious school, where they thought me to value life and other important beliefs. These values helped me to grow up as a better person in society. During those years in Ecuador, I represented my school on the basketball team. At the same time, I played an instrument; which was the flute for handicapped children and the elderly. This helped me to be more charitable.

I was thirteen years old when I came to the United States. At the beginning it was very difficult because I grew up in a different country, speaking Spanish. But learning a new language was another challenge for me to face it.

In my school, I was in a class full of people that could only speak Spanish. It was a comforting environment, but it was a situation that kept me from learning to speak English fluently. It was a challenging situation, but I would always put my best foot forward. In this school I have learned to be sociable and interact with those who speak English. Besides that I began to share with other cultures which made me feel excited because I learned from them and they learned from me. 

My main goal is to obtain a strong academic knowledge, and become a Pediatric Nurse. Trying to get a degree in this field is not an easy task, but neither impossible. Once I was in a museum, I saw a quote that says " I cried for a pair of shoes until I saw a child without feet". The famous Ecuadorian painter, Oswaldo Guayasamin, adopted this phrase from the bible and wrote this quote in his museum. When I feel that I can no more and I want to give up I always remember this phrase and this makes me think that I have what I need in my life, and any obstacle that appears in my life, I can surpass it.

My biggest influences in my life are my parents. They are an important part of my life because they always support me in my decisions, they are always next to me whenever I need them. They are my inspiration to succeed in life, and simple because they are my role model to follow.

The respect that I learned as a very young person certainly carried over into my life in later years. Now living in a society full of diversity made me learn from a lot of cultures,  traditions, and respect different point of views. This county shape our lives in the way we decide; to do good and stay positive
or fail and ruin our lives. We already have the opportunities to achieve our goals in this nation, everything is in our young hands because we are the success for the next generations.