Personal Narrative: Joe Diaggio

Life sometimes presents us with events that frame our futures. For me, that event was the diagnosis of type one diabetes. I have always been a goal-oriented person, but faced with type one at an early age taught me the importance of goal setting, perseverance, and hard work. Diabetes has been a battle that has forced me to perform well under high-pressure circumstances; it has pushed me to become a stronger person. As a type one, I have learned how to successfully balance and excel as a student, employee, athlete, and leader. My diagnosis is, in fact, what has inspired me to become a doctor.

The summer of 2004 is when I got diagnosed with Type 1 Diabetes, it was very shocking for my family except for me, I still didn’t completely understand what I had. All I knew was that the poking and pricking with different sized needles was painful. Eventually I began to learn what Type 1 Diabetes really was, and even though i had it, it didn’t slow me down, I focused on my academics and when it affected me I addressed and fixed the problem and went back to work. I also didn’t let it slow down my physical activities either, I would be outside every single day as kid non-stop, also in middle school I joined gymnastics as well and pursued it until the start of my junior year of high school. Diabetes affected my way of life, it made me different than everyone else and could’ve slowed me down but I didn’t let it, I still participated in different activities that everyone else did.

Our family’s life is completely different than others due to my mom’s disease, but I have known no other way of living. My mother has had M.S. since she was in college, so I was born into a world with motorized scooters and walkers and extra precautions. This is my norm. And while other people may pity my mother and our family, I see no reason to be down. I could spend all my time harping on the drawbacks and my ”missed opportunities,“ but what fun would that be? I will always find the silver lining.

I was born into a world of diversity, although not in the way that most people might think. My world is the world of medical disabilities. This may seem like a sad and scary world, but it’s a world full of amazing, unique people who have faced adversity. I was born with Caudal Regression syndrome, a congenital disorder in which there is an abnormal development in my spine. This disorder brings along many issues, including a solitary kidney, issues with the function of my colon and bladder, and deformation in the feet. Facing these issues meant I would spend a lot of time in the hospital. There I met magnificent people who changed my perspective on life, and pushed me towards positivity.

The most significant event in my life is that I grew up with my disabled father. My dad has been suffering from late-stage liver cirrhosis. This terrible illness caused his permanent disability, which has changed my life in many ways. My dad’s attitude toward the disease taught me to persevere in the face of difficulties while staying strong. The hardship molded my approach towards adversity and helped me mature quickly to take responsibility as a leader.

I witnessed the calamitous effects that the disease had on not only him, but also his family and those around him. I possessed a relentless passion to help him, but sometimes a smile was all I could provide. It devastated everyone when he lost his battle. Years went by, and when I was sixteen, I met a boy with spinal muscular atrophy. This disease made it extremely difficult when he would try to use his basic motor skills. He was always smiling and had the most positive attitude despite his disease. Through these relationships, I found my life’s purpose. The joy their personalities brought to me cannot be explained. Without them, I would never have had the heart or desire to be a

At the age of 9 I was diagnosed with Diabetes Mellitus Type 1, also known as juvenile diabetes. This experience has been somewhat of a blessing. It allows me to encourage others to be proud of their differences. My goal is to ensure that everyone is aware of the people constantly around them and their surroundings. I believe that I will bring the courage for others to stand out and make their situations noticed by others, and not put to the side like they are nothing. Also, I plan to bring a support system for those in need. I try not to let my disability hold me back, my goal is to show others that they don't have to be held back by anyone or other factors.

Life is full of many obstacles that one must overcome to reach success in life. When I had just barely turned 14 years old I was posed with some of the toughest news I had ever faced. One week after my birthday, on Christmas Eve, I was diagnosed with Type 1 Diabetes.

I get really passionate when talking about topics like this one because I’m an immigrant so sometimes I feel discriminated against and I feel the pressure of society upon me when I have to change some of my cultural patterns in order to fit in into this new society. To be honest, volunteering in general and doing service-learning projects like this one help me fulfill a lot of personal goals. I’m into social justice, in fact, I want my master’s in either social justice or human rights. Therefore, this project gave me more social understanding because people who suffer these types of diseases, consequently, suffer physical impairment. This project made me understand that they don’t suffer disability; rather, disability is a social construct.

For whatever reason, my leg condition was getting worse, my mobility and strength declined, and muscle spasms became more frequent and kept me awake at night, but I refused to allow my disability to become a liability. Rather than excuse or defend my limitations, I embrace them, learn from them, and find opportunities in the oppositions that I face. Therefore, I am

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Most of us in the family have different ways of talking to others. Kwabe, the youngest out of 8, is annoying but sometimes gets his points across. The second youngest is serena, around people she doesn’t really know or wants to be mean to, she puts on a baby voice, around people she doesn’t like she talks with a deep voice. At home she is just irritating, and she is always sassy. Oyema and I are pretty much the same, we don’t want to talk at all, well at school. It’s like right after we scramble outside of school we just talk and talk and talk. Sharese and Tiera, two of our older sisters, they are raggedy smart alecks, especially sharese. Tiera is just plane weird, but both of them curse so much it’s amazing how many curse

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The individual I selected to interview for the purpose of this essay is Daniel Rivera. Daniel and I are former classmates here at BMCC. Since then, Daniel has went on become an expert in various programming languages including HTML, CSS, PYTHON, JQUERY, PHP and API’s. He has worked at such places such as Next Phase Entertainment, Basics Plus and Workbench. A typical day for Daniel includes writing and fixing code. Daniel is a Fullstack Developer, which means he is comfortable with both front end and back end developing. He works with databases, javascript, PHP, PYTHON and everything else in between. Throughout the interview he exclaimed the importance of his hard work/dedication to learning and keeping up with program languages, gave tips

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