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I  am 21 years old and was born in Mission, Texas. I have 2 brothers and 1 sister and I am the youngest. I have lived in La Joya my whole life and haven't traveled anywhere else YET but I am hoping to change that soon.

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Next to my house was a long and thin palm tree and my parents would always joke around saying that one day it was going to break and land on our house, and that indeed end up happening. It occurred on a windy day and luckily no one was in the house when it happened. It did damage our house and we had to live with our grandma for a while. I don't have a picture of when it broke, but I do have a reference of how tall it was.

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I was only one year old at the time, but this event is still talked about till this day as it killed nearly 3,000 people and injured more. Watching videos of this broke my heart, so I can't imagine how those who actually witnessed it felt in that moment.

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An age-graded event that I remember happening at this age was my promotion from kinder to first grade. I remember this the most because it was the time I transitioned into English classes after only having Spanish classes. It was a new concept for me, and I would worry I wouldn’t get the hang of it.

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A world event that occurred at this stage of my life that greatly impacted my family, was the recession that took place in the early 2000s. During this time there was fewer job opportunities, which my dad was already having a hard time finding, so it resulted in us struggling financially.

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An age-graded event that occurred during this stage of my life was my baptism. I was 7-years-old here, and the reason my mom chose to wait for me to get baptized at this age was so I could choose my own God Parents and so I could remember it. I'm glad I did it at this age because this was a very special moment for me, and I remember every detail of it. ❤️😭 (They did me dirty with this hairstyle though lol.)

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A history-graded event that took place during my middle childhood stage was history being made when Barack Obama was elected the 44th President of the United States. This was an important moment for history, especially for people of color, as it justified faith when it felt like the nation had their backs turned on them.

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An age-graded event was my high school graduation and going into college at 18. Once I graduated high school, it felt like I took a big step closer into adulthood and was furthering my education for my future career. Life was starting to get real for me and a little bit scary.

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A history-graded event that occurred during my adolescence was when Osama bin Laden was located and killed. Osama bin Laden was the one responsible for the tragic attack that killed many innocent people on September 11, 2001. I also found out that day that he was responsible for other attacks not just the 2001 incident, and that gave the families that have lost their relatives due to his acts of terrorism justice for what they had to endure.

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An age-graded event that occurred during my current stage of life was getting my Associates in Psychology and then transferring into a university. I attended STC for my first years of college and then was able to transfer to UTRGV, which was an accomplishment to me but at the same time a little overwhelming.

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A world event that impacted my current stage of life was Covid 19.  This was a world event that changed our lives drastically as we had to quarantine for a few months, wear masks whenever we had to go buy groceries and take other precautions that we weren’t normally used to. This was something scary that we had never experienced before and are still dealing with today that caused many people to lose their loved ones.