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How My Parents Sacrificed Everything for My Future*
Not everyone starts with a silver spoon. My journey began with my parents selling EVERYTHING they owned to give me a shot at a better life. 🏡✈️ They put their trust in me with a single check—a full year’s worth of tuition, room, board, and more. All on the line for a dream they believed I could achieve. 🙏
📚 Making the Most of What You Have:
When my parents handed me that check, they gave me more than just money. They gave me a year of opportunity—a year to make something happen. Here’s how I approached it:
1️⃣ Gratitude in Every Step: I knew I had to make this sacrifice worth it. There was no room for excuses.
2️⃣ Take Risks and Push Boundaries: They gave me one year to see if I could make it in the U.S. I had to stretch myself and take every chance to grow. There was no safety net.
3️⃣ Run With What You’re Given: I arrived in the U.S. at 16 with one check, $100, and two bags of clothes. I had to make that one year count—and that’s exactly what I did.
🚀 Next Time you face an opportunity that feels overwhelming, remember the sacrifices made for you and the dreams that are within your reach. Use it as fuel to push forward.
Transcript:
My parents like we didn't, we didn't have, we didn't have the financial resources for me to, for them to pay for four years of college, right? So, I kid you not, my parents sold everything that they owned, everything down to, like, down to clothes. They sold everything that they own. And I didn't know that I was still, you know, 16 or something like that. They sold everything that they owned, and they handed me one check. And the one check was for a full year's worth of tuition, room, board, laundry, everything. It was a one full year's fully expenses paid, because a lot of people say they came to the US with, you know, $10 in my pocket. I was, I was blessed. I got a full year's worth. And my parents said, Hey, go do this. Go to the states. Here's what his years, your one year head start. If it doesn't work, I'd come back. We'll figure it out. But if it does, you got to figure out what you run with it. And I was, I was like, This is what we've been waiting for. Like, thank you for this gift. It was, I was still 16. I came to the US when I was 16, just about to turn 17, and with one check in my pocket, $100 bill and two bags of clothes.
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