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In 1994, my parents immigrated to Canada from Vietnam to seek better living conditions and a promising future for their soon-to-be children. However, to live in a free nation filled with opportunities, the two left everything behind. While living in rent, my father worked full-time at a factory while my mother had found a job as a cashier. Although they had a sustainable income, my father understood that raising a child would cost them more than they were currently making. In 1997, my father decided to study computer science at Langara in search for a better-paying job while working part-time as a security guard. Meanwhile, my mother took up housekeeping, working at two different hotels to earn more money for their coming child. Understandably, my parents had made their lives much harder immigrating to Canada, but their sacrifices - I can say - has paid off.

Being able to receive a high-quality education was a result of my parents coming over to Canada and envisioning that their children would have a better future than them growing up. However, the entire family was compelled to make sacrifices in order for my sister and I to have a quality education. For instance, my father uses the only car in the family to get to work. Recently, I was able to afford my first phone. Of course, I would be jealous of my friends whose parents bought them the latest gadgets, but I never complained once about what I had. I knew my parents were already working hard enough so that I may have a

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