Personal Narrative: Diversity In My Life

I am Ethiopian. Being Ethiopian has taught me to love the people around me, respect everything I have and also become the level header person I am today. My culture has built the backbone of our family and has kept us together through all odds. My mother and father keep the culture alive by speaking the official language of Amharic in the house, cooking traditional food and also practicing our Orthodox religion. Being Ethiopian is a huge part of who I am, but at one point in my life it seemed like that was the one thing I wanted no one to know about. I attended a private grade school here in Washington. Going to a dominantly white school ultimately meant that I was a minority. At the age of 10, I started to realize that my life was not the