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My dad came here at 13 years old escaping a toxic household and my mom came at 19 with hope of being able to send my grandmother money for medication.
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my oldest sister was born
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wasn't born yet but my mom was in the hospital for a check up and my dad was at work when it happened
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i grew up witnessing intimate partner violence. it all stopped once he stopped drinking
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i was born around 2 weeks early but it's cool
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my younger sister was born.
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started school a bit early
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i had an eating disorder when younger, my mom didn't notice until i started showing signs. i remember spitting food into my napkin to make it look like i ate. i hated chewing, even now, if i chew something for too long. i get anxious and don't want to continue eating.
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my only brother was born
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I started to begin to understand politics slowly. It was close to the 2008 election and my parents were hopeful that the new president would be easier on immigrants
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a huge step!
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he was murdered 15 minutes away from my house.
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i was outed to my mom as bisexual by my older sister. she didn't take it well
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had graduated middle school and started to recover from my ED. Started gaining weight, had issues with my period and it’s irregularities
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he had been super sick and being an undocumented immigrant, he didn’t go to the hospital unless it was super serious. my mom took him to the emergency room and he had emergency surgery. he had kidney stones and wasn’t able to work for a few months. I visited him everyday in the hospital
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i became president of my schools pride club when i was a freshman despite not coming out to my parents
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had the amazing opporunity to join a Youth Leadership Team that focused on Sex Education under the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (I am still a part of it)
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was accidentally put into an art class but really enjoyed it and stayed until the end of high school
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she broke up with me and it hurt so much but i got over it after a few months. We're still friends
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knew i was non binary after so much struggling
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my dog, bella died.
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trump elected into office. the days following felt dark
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Following the days of the election. My family was subject to go through more racial tensions. At my sisters school, a kid had told her to go back to her country
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she was born on a tuesday and i left school early to go see her
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he asked me out on valentines day. a lot of red flags. I don't talk to him anymore
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was able to join Girls For Gender Equity and meet some amazing friends
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we found out he had rented us a house that was in the process of foreclosure, he started threatening us and calling us slurs because we didn't pay. he had called CPS on us. We moved out the day after Christmas to my aunts spare room
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had the opportunity to speak at a rally in support of comprehensive sex ed in nyc public schools
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started senior year expecting an amazing year
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we had finally saved enough to be able to move out of my aunts spare room. We spent half a year crammed into a small room
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the 2nd person to graduate high school in my family :)
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with the Department of Health, our team got the chance to film 3 different consent videos all made by teens for teens! (check them out on youtube. "Ask Before You Act")
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I stepped down as president of Pride as a senior
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through my art class I was able to be part of an art exhibition
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was able to work with Planned Parenthood and join an amazing collective
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i found him under my garden fence and took him in. We were supposed to give him away but i grew attached
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started college and met some amazing people
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voted in the primaries :)
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he passed away due to complication with COVID.
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praying for my dad and bringing comfort to my mom
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my family got tested for COVID and every one except myself and my youngest sister tested positive.
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my dog passed away 2 months and 2 days after my dad. I had him for 8 years
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we didn't spend it with him :(