Lexus Billups Case Study

At two years old, her family moved to the United States. A few years later, Gloria’s father became seriously ill. Gloria took care of him and her sister while her husband worked.

In the 1960’s the author was growing up with her mother and five other siblings, moving from place to place in search of a home where the

of growing up, and the affects war has on her life and love. As it is

As she writes this New York Times article, Hope is preparing to move to Europe to start as professor at her fourth university. She provides more insight into her and her father’s relationship, which her memoir’s readers know was strained. As I read her comment on “Midwestern families,” and how they are not close, I felt grateful for the Midwestern half of my own family. I am grateful

Andre Dubus grew up in a good and lovely household. He was born in Lake Charles, Louisiana on August 11, 1963 (“Dubus, Andre”). He was the son of Andre Dubus Sr. and Katherine Burke Dubus ( “Dubus, Andre”). His father, Andre Dubus Sr.,. was a civil engineer who loved golf and smoked a great deal (“Dubus, Andre”). His mother, Katherine Burke Dubus, would always listen to her Opera on cold and snowy Saturday afternoons. Growing up, he was the only boy out of the three children. He had two sisters that were named Baton Rouge and Lafayette. He grew up more in the lower-middle class, and the high school Andre Dubus had attended was called Christian Brothers’ Cathedral High School. He went to McNeese State college, getting his BA in 1958. (“Dubus, Andre”) After getting his bachelor’s degree and marrying a girl by the name of Patricia Lowe, he got enrolled in the military. “In 1958, having married Patricia Lowe in

her disabilities. Her mother wouldn't allow visitors because she was embarrassed of Virginia’s condition. Writing was something she enjoyed doing and could keep to herself.

Shenitta Niles is on her third semester at Roxbury Community College. She got her high school diploma back in 2011 from Charles Town high school. She originally started out at Bunker Hill Community College, but later transferred to Roxbury Community College due to the low cost, convenience and transportation. Although she is a mother of a young child, she attends the college full time pursuing a major in early childhood education. Constantly being around her daughter and other young children has inspired her to pursue that career. She isn’t sure on the type of field she hopes to work at once she finishes her associate’s degree, but she will continue on to a four year college pursuing this path. Nevertheless, a long term goal of hers is to

His mother was a stay at home mom until he was in his teens. She began working for the California Highway Patrol as a secretary when he was in junior high. Eventually she became the first female commander of the California Highway Patrol. “Having a mother as intelligent and as strong as mine gave me an important female role model growing up,” he explained. As a child, he remembered moving from place to place because his father worked on dams. There was a constant fear of not being able to find work because of the great depression. He explains that because of that mentality his father was always working, trying to find the next job. This work ethic was instilled in my

In Hawaii, “Verna” works for the office of Hawaiian affairs where she handles Hawaiian government documents, and deals with linguistic, social, political, and economic issues. She plans to retire within this next

Rachel Smeed was born in ______,Texas to a military couple in the year 2000. A few years later her parents were relocated to a city in Germany. They gathered their belongings and the tiny family of three moved across the ocean. As a child, Rachel was an outdoor kid full of imagination. It wasn’t until she moved to America that she learned about technology. She spent her early childhood in an apartment just outside the military base her parents were stationed at. While in Germany, the family of three traveled all around Germany and to many other parts in Europe. During the time, her parents thought it was time to have a second child, so a few months later her younger brother was born. For a while Rachel had attended a school in Germany and

Throughout her formative years, under the guise of Virginia, Jenna received crash-course instruction on all things expected of a soon-to-be, properly raised young lady. Teaching her little girl virtually everything she needed to know in order to navigate her way through life without a mother and to successfully make it on her own in an ever-changing world that, at times, could be extremely harsh and cruel, Virginia worked tirelessly to shape her daughter into the person she knew that she must

After a year living here, she realized the “America Dream” would not come true, if she does not go to the school and get a career. So she did it!. she started taking two classes at night, then three. After almost 6 years she finally graduated with a degree in Hospitality Management. Then she starts working as a banquet's supervisor at the hotel Holiday Inn in Stamford, Ct. After a little while, she was promoted to banquet manager. Mery made a tremendous effort doing all this, but at the end she felt that it was worth it. Now she has a better life than before, and she can give her family the stability that they need. She said that immigrating with her family was not easy, because she had more responsibilities than others, but it did not stop her and they were the reason that pushed to achieve her dream.

In the article Shattered lives by Kristen Lewis Dania is facing challenges through a civil war. She had too live in a hole in her backyard. After the war had slowed down her family had to face a big choice to stay and risk their lives or abandon her home her friends and her life. Before the war ended she attended school and she faced leaning new things. But her school was a lucky school it wasn’t as expensive.

explain my mom's journey over to the Americas, and the hardships that came with in.

She had little schooling, but she had run businesses. She had managed on her own, with a husband and sons, in a country that didn’t care for her or her culture, but only for their aggrandized version of it. Her experiences were rightful cause to be jaded and hard, and yet she saw brightness and she saw brightness in me. She saw the great things in life, she loved hard and appreciated the little things — us going for a walk together or just sitting in the sun on a warm day.