A little bit of myself

Hello everyone, my name is Linda Yvonne Manzano . I was born in Los Angeles California, however grew up in Mexico. My mother decided to move to Mexico and take me with her because she wanted me to grow up with family, something we did not have here in California.  Growing up I missed out on my dad, because he was here in Oxnard California working. I moved back to California when I was twenty five years old, and began to adapt to my new environment.  It is surely a good thing, that most people in Oxnard California speak Spanish, because that made me feel a little bit less homesick.  Getting used to my new environment was a difficult task, because of the language barrier. I began to learn english, it took me considerable amount of time because most of my friends  only spoke Spanish. As time went by I learn more and more english, each and every day.  The hardest thing that has happened to me in California is my father’s death. When I moved to California, I got to bond with my father. It might not seem like a big deal, but for me it meant the world because I grew up far apart from him. My father died two years ago, and it saddens me that I only shared a little bit of time with my father. I feel that living in Mexico cheated me the opportunity to grow up with my father.

I am a preschool teacher and I love my job. I like working with children because they are a joy and are like little sponges ready to learn. I try my best to teach and help the kids at my center. I feel that the most rewarding thing I get out of being a preschool teacher is watching students grow up. I watch children grow they come to my center 2 years old and leave five years old. I am also a mother of three children; two girls and a boy. My Daughter the oldest will soon be graduating from High School. I am emotionally getting myself ready, to the idea of not seeing my daughter everyday because she will head out to a university. Lately I have been teaching my two younger children to do chores, because they will soon take over my older daughter’s chores. I am going to Oxnard College, I am taking two classes this semester english and math. I think that I am challenging myself because I am not the brightest student when it comes to math, but I know that through much work and determination I will be able to be successful in both my two classes. I  feel excited that I only need four classes to transfer into a university.

In the future I see myself have transferred from Oxnard college to CSUCI. I see that I will have earn a BA in child development and maybe have renovated my house so that I could open a daycare at my house. I also see myself having enough money to buy a new car.