Scholarship Letter
Mt. Hood Community College Foundation Scholarship Committee
26000 SE Stark St.
Gresham, OR 97030
Dear Mt. Hood Community College Foundation Committee:
I have walked out of blackberry fields with my fingers bleeding from being poked by the thorns, exhausted and thirsty from the burning heat, and hard labor. Till this day I remember every minute of those nine hours, thinking, how were my parents able to work like this their whole lives. They showed me how hard the life of an immigrant is and because of that I am who I am and I want to become someone who achieves anything I put mind into. I started working at the age of ten, with my parents in the fields and from then on it was a routine every summer, I knew where I would be working once I was out of school in summer. At the age of thirteen I started working at a cannery in line with other women where I would take out all rotten, sunburned, and stems from the moving belt standing for eight to ten hours a day. We worked inside a freezer, it was freezing cold that in twenty minutes I wouldn’t be able to feel my hands. I had enough in my late teens, that’s when I decided my life had to change, I couldn’t stay like this forever, I needed to finish high school and soon after go for an associate’s degree and find me a better job, something that I enjoyed and knew could financially benefit me. Neither of my parents had the opportunity to attend college, and faced many financial struggles in their lives because of this. They were never allowed to find a good paying job with benefits because they didn’t have a degree or any knowledge besides working outside in the fields like every other immigrant was used to. I know they are hard workers but I didn’t want to stay like that for the rest of my life. I have two children of my own and I want them to know that their mom wanted to continue going to school and wants to make her life much easier by a getting a job that she loves, enjoys and has benefits for her and her family. My
26000 SE Stark St.
Gresham, OR 97030
Dear Mt. Hood Community College Foundation Committee:
I have walked out of blackberry fields with my fingers bleeding from being poked by the thorns, exhausted and thirsty from the burning heat, and hard labor. Till this day I remember every minute of those nine hours, thinking, how were my parents able to work like this their whole lives. They showed me how hard the life of an immigrant is and because of that I am who I am and I want to become someone who achieves anything I put mind into. I started working at the age of ten, with my parents in the fields and from then on it was a routine every summer, I knew where I would be working once I was out of school in summer. At the age of thirteen I started working at a cannery in line with other women where I would take out all rotten, sunburned, and stems from the moving belt standing for eight to ten hours a day. We worked inside a freezer, it was freezing cold that in twenty minutes I wouldn’t be able to feel my hands. I had enough in my late teens, that’s when I decided my life had to change, I couldn’t stay like this forever, I needed to finish high school and soon after go for an associate’s degree and find me a better job, something that I enjoyed and knew could financially benefit me. Neither of my parents had the opportunity to attend college, and faced many financial struggles in their lives because of this. They were never allowed to find a good paying job with benefits because they didn’t have a degree or any knowledge besides working outside in the fields like every other immigrant was used to. I know they are hard workers but I didn’t want to stay like that for the rest of my life. I have two children of my own and I want them to know that their mom wanted to continue going to school and wants to make her life much easier by a getting a job that she loves, enjoys and has benefits for her and her family. My