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by Anonymous - October 18, 2007

Describe the world you come from – for example, your family, community or school – and tell us how your world has shaped your dreams and aspirations.

Both of my parents came from very different worlds. My mother was born and raised in the impoverished country of Colombia in South America, where she had to help my grandparents take care of her four younger brothers in their small apartment in the city of Medellin. At the same time, my father was growing up thousands of miles away in the quiet…

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