For generations, my family has experienced struggle that were either mentally or physically. Both my parents had difficult lives growing up. Both my parents were raised to prepare for labor. Working was already integrated into their blood, because even their parents worked their whole lives. It was expected to work because their is no other way to live life steadily.
My mother grew up in a pueblo called Santa Rosa de Osos, Colombia. Santa Rosa de Osos was a very small and poor village full of farmland. Every single morning, my mother's obligation was to care for the animals, and complete anything that had to be done. My mother’s parents struggled to pay for her education, which has led her to stop continuing her studies in the fifth grade. After my mother finished the fifth grade, she developed a cancer in her leg. Having to reside in the hospital and receiving chemotherapy for a long period of time was very difficult for my mother.…show more content… Just like my mother, he woke up every morning to care for the animals in the farm. My father continued this lifestyle until he got a job in a fabrication store, where he met my mother. At the age of 20, my father decided to join the Colombian Army to protect his own country. At that time, Colombia was struggling in every aspect possible. The government was corrupt, and they were the murder capital of that era. All of this because of the Medellin Cartel that was led by Pablo Escobar. Pablo escobar with the help of others trafficked cocaine and murdered anyone in his path. My father assisted in the hunt for Pablo Escobar. Pablo Escobar was then found on December 2nd
