Example Of Personal Narrative Essay Examples

I was born on February 14, 1993 in the city of La Vega, Dominican Republic. I came to New York at the age of 10. The fact that my first language is Spanish placed me at a disadvantage from the minute I stepped a foot in the United States since even at the airport I was not able to communicate with the agent. My biggest struggle was school since the class was taught in English only and most of my classmates only spoke English. Despite my efforts to give it my all to learn the language and adapt to the customs of this unfamiliar place, it seemed to be a challenge I would never overcome. Since my parents and close family members mostly spoke Spanish as well, they could not help me, they only encouraged me to study and read a lot so that I would learn the language faster. I wanted to fit in with kids of my age and to understand when

I always read about people going through things like this in books and movies but I never thought that I would be a victim in the twisted novel called my life. In 2013 I went on a field trip with some of my 6th grade classmates and teachers.We were on our way to West Virginia. I was kind of scared but at the same time I was happy because I was taking a break from doing school work.

I wasn’t ready to marry my boyfriend, but knowing I wanted a baby, I decided to have one with him. Sometime after our daughter was born, I started suspecting that he was lying to me about where he was and who he was with. I told him that since I couldn’t trust him, I didn’t want to be with him any longer. I ended up moving back to the US with my daughter. I wanted to finish college, so I moved in with my mom, who many years earlier, had gotten her life together, moved back to Texas, met a great guy and remarried. It was during that time that I worked for an abused and battered women’s shelter. That was a very eye-opening experience. It was hard for me to grasp the idea that someone would stay with another person who was emotionally,

Growing up, one is often exposed to different ideals and principles. As an immigrant from Mexico, I grew up much differently than those around me, those who were accustomed to the American lifestyle

July 22nd, 2008 is when my obsession started, it was my father's birthday, every year on his birthday, we make it into a huge party that year. There was a surprise that my mother put gathered she had two dancers, Darla and Darlene. Both came out with vibrant bright colors that would ____ . When the music started the skirt movement, the way it swirled, the way it waved at you. They danced 2 songs, but those two songs stunned me. That day on I knew I wanted to become a Folklorico dancer.

My name is Shimles Assefa . I have been employed at Westchester county transportation system for more than seven years. I have always dedicated to serve the customers to the best of my ability and set a positive example to other employees by being organized and prepared for any challenges in daily bases.

Image nine resonates with me because it represents women “taking a seat at the table” in business and I believe more women need to be at the table. The photograph showing a woman in the back row reminds me of a theme from Sheryl Sandberg’s book, Lean In, where she urges women to take a seat at the table versus sitting on the side of the room. After graduating from Smith College, where I was empowered by intellectually curious and ambitious women, and then transitioning to banking, a male-dominated industry, I recognized early in my career how few women there were in executive roles. As a career driven woman I became inspired to change the status quo and promote the career advancement of women. In my professional career, I have taken several

As of right now I am currently a senior at Lemoore High School and my goal is to Enlist in the United States Air Force when I graduate in June 2016

To begin, I was born on Christmas in the year of 1998. I am the eldest of 4 children and was named after my father. I was raised by mother and father up until I was ten when they had went to Mexico, and since then, I was raised by my grandparents and continue to do so. I began my education in Gauer elementary but for my very first two years, I had changed schools around 4 times because we had moved very often. Eventually, I came back to Gauer indefinitely in the second half of my second grade year. When I began my third year, I was placed in the G.A.T.E. program, Gifted and Talented Education, because I had taken the placement test and showed signs of significance. From my 3rd year onward, until my 6th year, I had stayed enrolled in the program.

Ever since preschool I knew there was something different about me, more specifically my immediate family. I noticed whenever I had a playdate with a friend, there was an older boy as well as older and younger kids in addition to my friend’s mom and her. I later learned those people were her dad and siblings; I had neither.

In the summer of 2006, my life took its first unexpected turn: I was seventeen years old and diagnosed with endometriosis. After I exited what I thought would be an exploratory laparoscopy, doctors explained how they had to perform a left-oophorectomy secondary to a large endometrioma. I was devastated. However, what was most shocking to me was the fact that it was done without proper consent or any prior explanation of the surgery’s possible outcomes.

Summative Essay I came to Antioch with the very specific desire to study Psychology and become a therapist. However during my studies at Antioch, I stood at an educational crossroad. In exploring the variety of offerings at Antioch, something happened that I could not have predicted. I had a spiritual epiphany that vastly shifted my personal paradigm.

At age 3, my parents divorced and I became an anchor for my family’s sanity. I had to become strong and successful with my every action. Like many typical Asian-American families, I was given high standards with every choice I made, especially with grades. With a single parent, it becomes more difficult to reach out for extracurricular activities, so I pushed myself to participate in AVID during my middle school years, providing me with a stronger academic backbone moving forward in the education system. Even then, while I am the youngest of two daughters, upon entering High School, my expectations were always set higher. My sister has slight learning disabilities, so my family almost depended on me as if I was their only hope. Nevertheless, this environment of expectations taught me to never give up, leading me to strive for my best. I continued helping my family.

Croatia. Summer 2015. I am sitting in the back of a stranger’s car on the way to a cemetery. A small girl in a yellow tutu reaches into her white sparkly purse on the seat between us and pulls out a seemingly endless group of bobble head pets. We do not speak each other’s language so we communicate through hand signals while she tries to teach me the alphabet in Croatian. She laughs at my funny pronunciation, and I smile at her enthusiasm for spelling every passing sign. Despite originally being in Croatia to participate in a conference in Zagreb, this weekend I was traveling through Eastern Croatia with a scholar, who through the examination of grave markers from the Yugoslav Wars of Dissolution asks a question people have been

On 27Apr17 at 1439 hrs. I received a message from Sheriff Aukes inquired about my return to duty date/time & he informed me he was meeting with Nicole & Tim on 28Apr17 at 1000 hrs. as they wanted to speak with him about the circumstances surrounding the report filed by Eric.