I am my own hero

In retrospective, I believe I am my own hero. I moved to the States with my parents when I was 4 years old, my parents were 23, and 24 years old. We moved to a small suburb town 30 minutes east of San Francisco. Moving to another country is hard enough, but having a language barrier is even harder.  I remember my first day of school I came home crying to my parents because I could't understand my classmates, they spoke english and I only spoke spanish. My teacher didn't help much either she had no patience for me and would tell me to speak english only, even though she clearly knew I couldn't speak it. Eventually I learned the language and was able to communicate with other classmates although, growing up I was extremely shy which made it  hard for me to make friends.  Through out Middle School and High School  academically I didn't do so well I goofed around a lot and didn't take education a serious as I should of, something I later regretted. My parents tried to talk to me and tell me education was the key to success, and I still didn't listen. After High School my parents gave me two choices: either I continued school or I got a full time job and helped out with the bills. Thinking that there was no need to go back to school I choose to get a full time job.  I worked for a retail store cleaning up dressing rooms, and picking up all the clothes people decided to drop on the floor. Soon I realized that was not what I want to do the rest of my life! The pay wasn't good and people were extremely rude and careless. I decided to go back to a technical school were I got my certification as a Pharmacy Technician. I been working in the pharmacy field for the past 8 years and I really enjoy what I do. Helping sick people in need is very rewarding to me. At the end of 2013 I made another huge decision I decided I wanted to move to LA and go back to school. Although I really enjoyed my current job and what i did I told my self "why not do better". I ended up quitting my job packing my stuff and headed to LA. This Spring 2014 is my first semester At El Camino college I still have a long way to go and even though I'm 28 years old now its never to late to get an education and be the best that I can be.