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In 2012 I chipped my front tooth right off, and as a young girl it damaged my confidence. It forever effects my life because I always ask myself are they looking at me or just staring at the discoloration on my front tooth

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I moved to Hawaii I think this shaped my character and my ability to blend in and coexist with all types of people

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I moved to El paso Texas and I had to relearn all the "norms" for people my age at the time

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I moved to Houston and went through sort of a culture shock since I've never been around that much black people before

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Covid happened and I had an identity crisis, for 5 years I had wanted to be a nurse but once health care workers started to die I wanted I suddenly didn't want to do it anymore and I and no idea what to go to college for since I was graduating the following year

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I got my first "boyfriend" that ended terribly but I believed it helped me for my future relationships

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I graduated!! I also decided to take a gap year to figure things out, whilst starting my job at a daycare

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I decided to go into school for accounting and failed miserably

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I went back to Trinidad my home country for Christmas after not seeing them for so long

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I'm still doing accounting giving it another try in school

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The most common thread had to do with me moving and being in a completely new environment.  What keeps reappearing in my personality is that I was always reinventing myself to fit whatever was "cool" in my new environments.

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I think it improved my resilience and my ability to adapt. It was very odd constantly being around Asians at 10 years old. But it helped shape me and give me character having learned so much from there culture

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Me continuing to try and work towards being an accountant. I think constantly being around Asians and then Hispanics for much of my formative years helped shape me into a whole new person. Much of the traits and cultural norms I picked up from them I still take with me everyday.