My Parent's Divorce
The challenges that I have faced from my mother’s illness and my parent’s divorce can be seen as open opportunities to me. They have taught me the value of being adaptable, being responsible and accepting of the struggles I've faced and am still facing today. I had to adapt to the many different situations, because I became responsible for a lot around me. At Southern Oregon University, I can share my struggles with others. The different variety of people that there is at SOU, will let me contribute my diversity, and we would make it bigger. Life is always changing and when we share it with others, we become unified and know we are different from others. Also, my heritage of being a Hispanic/Latino makes me different from others because I