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Jorge Bravo Martinez

Jorge Bravo Martinez was born in 1999 in a small farming town in Veracruz, Mexico. At age 7, he and his family immigrated to Las Vegas, Nevada in search of better opportunities. The transition was difficult due to differences in language, culture, and education. However, through perseverance and support from his family, Jorge was able to graduate high school with an advanced diploma while working part-time jobs. He is now pursuing a teaching degree and hopes to one day teach in low-income areas to inspire students, as he came from a poor background himself. His goals are to become a teacher and help support his family who helped him succeed.

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Jorge Bravo Martinez

Jorge Bravo Martinez was born in 1999 in a small farming town in Veracruz, Mexico. At age 7, he and his family immigrated to Las Vegas, Nevada in search of better opportunities. The transition was difficult due to differences in language, culture, and education. However, through perseverance and support from his family, Jorge was able to graduate high school with an advanced diploma while working part-time jobs. He is now pursuing a teaching degree and hopes to one day teach in low-income areas to inspire students, as he came from a poor background himself. His goals are to become a teacher and help support his family who helped him succeed.

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JORGE BRAVO MARTINEZ

Edu 280
VERACRUZ, MEXICO
• I was born in a small farming town in Veracruz Mexico in
August 19, 1999, I lived here until the age of 7.
• I am the youngest of 3 and an only child for my dad.
• The highest grade of education in the small town I grew
up in was middle school so I am lucky to be here and
be able to attend college.
• Everyday after school I would spend farming with my
dad, helping him and sometimes it wouldn’t be so
much after school as I wouldn’t attend school often
due to bad behavior problems.
• Right before turning 7 my parents decide to take my to
Las Vegas, we left everything behind in search of a
better future for me and my brothers according to my
parents.
BEFORE
• Once living in Las Vegas I had to learn a new language and a
new culture very different from mine. One thing that really
sucked was my favorite cartoons I used to enjoy like courage the
cowardly dog were in English and not in Spanish.
• I didn’t try McDonald’s until The age of 9 that’s when I had my
first happy meal, getting used to the drastically change of
environment and culture, language etc… wasn’t easy as I
struggled a lot specially in school. The change of food was good
and bad I liked the new foods but I also gained a lot of weight
while being a kid.
• School was a nightmare for me growing up, the different
language made things so difficult, from elementary school to
middle school I had really bad grades. I remember crying to my
parents some nights wanting to go back home... I felt like I
couldn’t fit in.
• One thing I really enjoyed about living in the u.s which I still do is
being able to play video games I fell in love with them as I
couldn’t afford them back in Mexico. At this point every summer
break I would spend it playing video games as they were my
favorite.
BELIEFS AND ACCOMPLISHMENTS
• Eventually all my challenges from migrating to another country were
over by high school. With the help of my parents and friends I was
able to graduate with an advanced diploma.
• An advanced diploma while I was working part time at the school
cafeteria and Walmart and being in school is one of greatest
accomplishments, as I am the first in the family to do so.
• School is very valuable for me as I think it is the only way to a better
life. There’s a saying my dad always told me as a kid when he would
take me to work “a pencil is lighter than a shovel” and he is
absolutely right. Although a pencil is lighter than a shovel I pay for my
education with a shovel, I am a landscaper in construction.
• Landscaping isn’t an easy job but it is very beautiful but nothing will
compare to natural beauties like mountain ranges, forests, waterfalls
etc… on my free time I like hiking or riding mountain bike, I love
seeing the beautiful things god gave us to admire.
BELIEFS AND ACCOMPLISHMENTS

• I am a nature lover as I like looking at nature.


I’ve actually climbed to the peak of mountain
Charleston! I believe hikes are a great sense of
accomplishments as you feel really happy when
I finally get to the highest point of the trail. I am
a person who thinks small accomplishments are
just one step closer to a big accomplishments.
• Another thing I like to do for fun is lift weights. I
like seeing my host changing and getting
stronger, I go to the gym almost everyday. The
only times I don’t go to the gym is when I have
a lot of homework or I’m really tired from work.
FUTURE
• Someday in the near future I would like to become a teacher. I’ve
tried many different jobs and I’ve sticked to school for a teaching
degree the longest out of everything. I believe my call is this life is to
become a teacher and inspire kids to do great things in life. I truly
believe I can help inspire kids. I come from a really poor environment
and for this being I would like to teach in low income areas. I think I
would help these kids the most as they are similar to me. This is one of
my goals for the future.
• My second goals is to help my family out. My family isn’t poor but nor
are they rich. They have helped me since I was a kid, gave me
enough and more than I deserved. One day I would like to give back
to them and the people who helped me reach where I am today.
Growing up in a catholic household I was taught to be great full for
the things I have, and when given the opportunity to help the less
fortunate.
• This is my personal artifact thank you ….

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