Final Blog:"Quien Soy Yo" Deeper

Who am I? I'm someone that will leave an imprint in your life once you've met me. I'm someone who has a strong presence that no once can ignore. I'm the most loyal and loving person when it comes to my family and true friends. With that said, my intermediate family is everything to me. My parents have shown me how important family really is. My dad is a strong and wise man. He is hardworking, too much at times but thats where I get my work ethic from. He was born here in El Paso and has been here ever since. His parents? I have no memory of them because I was just a baby when they passed away. I don't really have much knowledge on them as well. Just that my grandpa lived in New Jersey. My mom? She's just as strong as my dad, maybe even stronger. She was born in Juarez, Mexico but moved to California and stayed there for 4 years. Then she came to El Paso with my grandma after my grandpa passed away. My grandma?  She's the only grandparent that I grew up with and she is still currently living, despite the fact she has Dementia and her mind and body are slowly shutting down. She was born in California but she grew up in Chihuahua, Mexico. Shes the one who brought the most Hispanic culture around me as a child. All the way to her cooking, to her typical and traditional "hispanic ways." Theres a lot more to it but then I would just be here typing a book. I'm still learning to love who I am and how to accept everything that comes my way because I believe thats what God has planned for me. I love my family and it will always be them over anyone else.

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