9/12/12
My
name is Elizabeth Linares. I was born on October 4 in the Dominican Republic.
In my country I only lived 4 years and from there I moved here to the Unites States.
I was very young by then so I didn’t really know what was going on and why was I
getting in an airplane, it was a very life-changing experience for me. My parents enrolled me in school and from there
I started to learn English. Now I can say that I know how to write and speak
more English than my native language Spanish. I went back to my country when I was 12 years
old and I can say that didn’t remember anything but it was very surreal. I visited
all my family from there and they couldn’t believe how older and different I was.
In school I always got decent grades. I
graduated from Elementary School, Middle School, and High School on time and
never got left back. It was a struggle but by hard work I did it to make my
parents proud. In my family school is the top priority so my parents always
expected us to succeed. I am very proud of what I accomplished and I’m very
glad I already enrolled and started college. I have always loved and had a huge
passion for animals. Since I was young I had always wanted to help them and
take care of them. When I started getting older I quickly made up my mind what I
wanted to study and it was to make a career of being a Vet Tech. My parents influenced
me in a positive way because they knew this was a good profession for me. I can’t
say I had hopeless times in my life when I just wanted to give up because I did.
But thankfully that never happened.
