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Essay On Life Of My Life

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Topic (Biographical Essay): We are interested in learning more about you and the context in which you have grown up, formed your aspirations, and accomplished your academic successes. Please describe the factors and challenges that have most shaped your personal life and aspirations. How have these factors helped you to grow? I was born and raised in South Florida around Fort. Lauderdale, one of the state's largest cities, to very religious parents. My parents founded and pastored a Christian church before and after I was born, so much of their finances were put into and centered around it. My dad had a degree in Theology and my mom in communications but she soon left it for nursing as an LPN. There were many complications with my mother's womb and she always told me the story of how every doctor she went to said she would never be able to have a child. After starting the process for a hysterectomy (womb removal) however, they noticed a speck (me!) and ended the operation. My mom was elated to hear the news as she always wanted to bear a child and referred to me as her little "miracle." The first 10 years of my life were relatively nonchalant but had interesting aspects in its own right. I lived with my half-brother (from my father's side), my sister, and parents. When I was young we moved into a pleasant community in a city called Coconut Creek. During my first few years of elementary school, my Mom and teachers noticed that there was something a little "off" about me. My

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