Hello,
My name is Miriam Zaragoza. I am 19 years old and live in Oxnard California. I was born in the city of Ventura on the 19th day of December. Growing up as a child my father was none existent in my life but nevertheless my childhood was all a kid could wish for growing up. I had summers at the beach, winters in Mexico, and 4th of July with the cousins. I enjoyed playing outside with my brother from sun up to sun down. I did not mind getting dirty or if my clothes got ruined, I had no worries no bills to pay no insurance to worry about. Life in my past was great. Up until my senior year in high school when I had to start saving for a car and deciding what to do with my life after high school, like what career I wanted , what school would I attend to, and what classes would I take. I was a confused teen.
But through the mild stress I’m glad I made the decision to continue school because now I am that much closer to securing my future. This is now my second year of college here in Oxnard and as of now I am working on my associate’s degree in Sociology. In the mean while I have a current part time job working as a cashier at McDonalds, that’s been on ongoing for the past three years now. Just recently I purchased my first car, my final step to adulthood. That’s one more bill to add to my collection, but all in all it will pay off in the near future when my sacrifices as a student and long hours of study and homework pay off with a rewarding career.
In the near future I plan to transfer from community college to California State University San Bernardino (CSUSB) within the next year in a half. There I’ll be working on my bachelor’s degree in social work where I’ll as well continue on with their master’s program in social work so I can have the option of either being a counselor or social worker. And hopefully by the age of 25 I will have completed my education and work in the job of my dreams and not flip burgers or take people’s orders for the rest of my life.
