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I remember the first day I went away for college like it was yesterday. Thanks to my family, I was able to transfer all of my belongings to my dorm at Sunset Village for Move-In day, mi Papa, Mama, Mary, Diana, Joe, Abraham and Tia Maria. After we finished unpacking, we all went home until Fall Quarter 2018 started. Once that day came, I couldn’t help but get emotional. All I could think of was that I was finally going to pay back my parents for all the love and support they gave me. You see, they don’t have a college degree.. or a high school diploma.. nor a middle school one, and of course not an elementary one. Yet, they still managed to be the BEST teachers I could have ever asked for in life!! As I enroll in the last set of classes and reflect on my time here at UCLA as an undergrad, I think of all the times I wanted to give up.. when imposter syndrome was winning, I thought about my WHY. I thought about my motivation and heard my parents’ consejos.. Papa saying, “No te vayas a rajar” and Mama saying, “échale ganas, Mija.” This is for them, but this is also for me. I may be the first, but I for sure won’t be the last.
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