My Experience With My Learning Experience

On September 4, 1999, I was born in Victoria Jubilee hospital in Kingston, Jamaica. My family comes from the inner city of a country that is poverty stricken, politically corrupt, with an excessive murder rate. Despite the many flaws, I was taught to love my culture and respect others. My family came to America to have a better opportunity in life.

My birth took place in Mar del Plata, Argentina, into a family of six including myself. Years passed, my mother gave birth to a girl and was pregnant soon after to another. My father, a strong laboring mechanic decided that it was time he moved his three boys and soon to be three girls from the home he literally built with his bare hands alone, to another country with grander opportunities, not for himself, but for his six children. He decided that with the money that cost him years of tireless work and stress he could only afford passage for himself. He set off for the United States and for months he worked day in and day out, any job he could get his hands on. He paid for our flight and had a modest, dainty apartment awaiting our arrival.

I was raised in a very different environment compared to the one i'm living right now. I was born here in San Antonio TX but I was raised in Mexico in a small town of Zacatecas. My childhood was amazing probably like no one else’s had.

The way the story begins is probably the same as others. Obviously you are born and raised somewhere. Well my story began in Worcester Massachusetts. I was born on January 15th, 1995, to wonderful parents who people might think is not your usual mix. My mother is from the Dominican Republic and my father is from Ecuador. Yes, I know, the weirdest mix ever but it brought me into this world, so I'm proud.

Observing the leading child psychologists in Canada peaked my interest for further study in psychology and treatment methods; this prompted me to completing my undergraduate degree in disability studies and psychology. After obtaining my undergraduate degree, I decided to work in the social service sector to gain more knowledge/experience with vulnerable and marginalized populations. In the course of my career, I began developing an awareness of how prevalent mental health is and the need for psychological support.

Being raised in two countries, Mexico and the United States, shaped me into the person I am today, a fluent bilingual and independent young woman who enjoys helping others. I was born in Harlingen, Texas and lived there for about six years. However, my family decided to move to Mexico in 2005. Seeking better opportunities, I made the decision to return to my home state at the age of fifteen.

I was raised in Matamoros, Tamaulipas, Mexico. I am an U.S. Citizen, and I was born in Fort Myers, Florida, but my whole life I lived in Mexico. I was raised with my two brothers in my grandparents’ house, because my mom was a single mom, and always worked hard to bring money for all of us. My neighborhood was one of the worst, or that is why people said. I never felt in any kind of danger living there, because I knew almost all the neighbors, and also I never like going out to much. My community was not always very unified, because everyone were on their own issues, but every time someone pass out or any inconvenience happened, everyone were there. That was the good thing of my surroundings.

I was born on May 24, 1999 in a small hospital in a town just outside the capital of Puerto Rico called Rio Piedras. I was the second and last born into a young, loving, strong couple named Selma and Edgar Sanchez. They believed that in order to live a strong, fruitful

To begin with, I was born in a small country called Ecuador. Yes, Ecuador, not equator. I was born and raised in a Latino household where much of the world was hidden from me. That was until the age of 8 when my mom decided that it was the best to take me with her to an unknown, at that time, land. It was about a year later that I found out I was in the United States. Crazy, right? What can I say, I was a very naive child.

One of my goals for this interview was to learn how Dr. D’Costa became the child psychologist she is today. To learn more about this, I asked her what she majored in, what classes she took, where she went to graduate school, and why she chose to specifically become a child psychologist in India. Firstly, I learned that Dr. D’Costa originally planned to major in biology to become a family doctor. However, after taking a psychology class in her sophomore year of college, she decided to change her major to psychology because she decided she was more interested in helping people with their mental health rather than their physical health. Throughout her time in undergraduate studies, Dr. D’Costa took a variety of classes in all different areas of psychology. However, by the time she reached her senior year, she decided to apply for counseling psychology graduate programs. Although she spent her time in undergraduate school in the United States, Dr. D’Costa decided to attend Martin Luther Christian University in Shillong, India to complete her graduate degree. Dr. D’Costa

Life is full of moments, good, bad and others that will never forget. One of the things that I feel most proud of is my wonderful childhood in Cuba as it is one of the stages that I will always have and never forget. I was born in a very humble city called Santa Clara in the center of Cuba, another thing I remember well are my friends and my family, since they were always with me in those happy and fun years.

When I was 12 my mother had my baby brother who I came to love and who has inspired me to become more loving towards children. He has taught me that children are pure and that we need to preserve this innocence, so they can become successful and emotionally stable adults. With this in mind I have considered to pursue a career as a child psychologist. This career will lead me to help children with family problems or mental problems. My main goal is to help those children strive in their future. I have personally experience obstacles in life that can set one back and if we don’t have a support system we will get stopped by those obstacle, therefore I hope to be that support for them, so they can have a successful future and overcome those obstacles.

On October 5, 2004, in the middle evening, my mom gave birth to me! I was born in what is now called the USC Verdugo Hills Hospital in Glendale at 7:00 P.M. because of my beloved mother. Although I was born here in the United States, my parents both immigrated here from the small country of Bangladesh because they wanted to finish their college education. My family right now consists of my mother, my father, my older brother, and I.

Since I was a young girl, learning was something necessary to do in order to mature into my own self. It's something us as humans do to evolve from our younger selves. From learning to talk, walk ,and read we learn many things throughout our lifetime to be the person we are today. Learning is the key to life. Learning makes us progress. Riding a bicycle was a learning experience that I might never forget it.

As mentioned before I was born in Caracas, Venezuela. Aside from traveling abroad on family vacations, I 've had the opportunity to be exposed to several cultures throughout my life. I lived in Tegucigalpa, Honduras, for 6 years due to my father 's work;