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My Mother: The Definition Of Success

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Success can be defined in many different ways. My mother came from poverty and lots of hardships which made her persevere to have a better life than what she has come up from. She believes “Success is maintaining your level of ambition until you reach your goals, success is never giving up”.
My mother came to the United States from Nicaragua when she was 7 years old under political asylum. My mother’s hard ships continued in the United States because having seven other siblings was not easy for my grandparent’s economic status. Although money was an issue, my mother turned to education, and always dreamed of being a teacher. Those plans soon turned around after high school when her parents divorced and she had to help provide for her family, …show more content…

Being born into poverty was not her fault so to make a bad situation a good story she persevered and became a hardworking woman to one day be a great role model to her future children. She also had the stigma of being an immigrant which put an even bigger toll on her life when being judged. Growing up my mother was bullied because of her race and class. She would get made fun of for not having the latest style of clothing and for being darker than the people in her neighborhood. As she got older, my mother didn’t dwell on the negativity she saw the positive side of things, she says “I was fortunate to grow up in the 80s where I felt women were up and coming in their careers.” My mother had lots of friends and many of them had the same goals to be successful, which helped motivate her to continue following her …show more content…

Poverty may have been the start to all of her hardships, she says, “Poverty was probably the most impactful obstacle in my family’s life. I have 7 siblings and all a year apart, and as much as my mom said we were a blessing, we also knew it was a huge toll on her. She never left us hungry or cold, she did everything possible to make sure we were healthy. My mother was a hard laborer, cleaning rooms for the Marriott hotels for 15 years until she was injured and permanently disabled. My father was non-existent but provided what he could financially. We were always on survival mode it felt”, but as years passed, the bad memories she had to get to a better place all served as lessons. Along with the help of her siblings she was able to her family out of poverty and all of them were able to start stable careers and their own families. Since my mom was the youngest sister, the career she had begun allowed her to start traveling and experience life to the fullest. She had reached the success she had always dreamed of and says, “with the right mindset, you will accomplish your goals. With the right people, you will have all the motivation in the world to whatever you

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