Millhy (Ecuador, Age 15): English 051

        Hello! My names is Miilhy. My age is 15 I from Ecuador.I emigrated to new york 1 year ago.

                I was lived with my  grandma and my aunts when I was lived with them, I learned many things my grandma she’s like my real mom.  I lived with them for 13 years and when my parents they told my grandma would bring me to U.S.A . I’m felt sad and cried, my parents told me two days before I leave in ecuador.  Then my grandma and my aunts and uncles felt bad and sad when already the day came out of ecuador to the border where I would found someone to bring me. I saw for last time my aunts and uncles, my aunts were sad  because I grew up with them and I was like her younger sister I asked them to took care of a lot and the soon return I felt like I could not. she do me support through never showed overdue always trough she always accompanied at all times when I said goodbye to my grandma was very sad for me.She  from there travel alone but with memory she always support me.

        I came for first time to colombia I knew different things I was lived in

Cali-Colombia and that country is nice.It is a big placed visited for persons famous some people who visited know the traditions like in december they do different things. They perform holidays and year end they burned a doll as old and that there is evil in the year ends go they customs  are nice .Some people say that country is bad because has the cartels then past 2 months there in Colombia I lived Cali and then I travel to Mexico.

         Mexico...DF, it was my first time in mexico there  first day Sunday I went church

the Basilica of the Virgin of Guadalupe. Then I stay in D.F for 3 days I visited some places and I went lived a one different place of Mexico CD.Juarez. When I cames Mexico prove different from other traditional meals of my country heard on the news that Mexico was a very bad to live. Elas streets country had cigarette smell many people took but I felt safe there my parents feared for my safety there more than lived all alone in a house with a girl more.

I knew new people Mexican they were nice persons when I lived there for 3 months. I learned many things about they ,also I don’t has a communication with my family in ecuador sometimes… One day my friends they told me  I went to a park with other people.I got lost for a few hours, I’m feeling sad and worried about that but as it was found very close to me …. I always played soccer and I  learned more things what the people says Mexico its a bad place for living.

Many famous people lives there like actors.

  The days keep pass those people were say to me that almost there  went to U.S.A but not happened  my parents came to an agreement with them and get the day I could get out of there while I went out others who were coming to U.S, but they dead in the attempt walked in the desert and is what worried my family.

I was missed all my friends but I miss more my family I  thought of my family in the US.In my brothers had never seen before and did not know what would be your reaction to know, when I came to the United States and already cross the border  from that time until you can get here is one take up to three days to arrive was afraid because I was alone and did not know what would happen because they did not know anything or anyone in this country but I could reach out and find. I met my family and their reaction was nice this country is way too big town I like but it was very difficult to accustom.

The date when the Winter arrives almost over people here were good the beginning to know people  and I liked the atmosphere and people are

Brooklyn is very large met many parts of Manhattan here and also had never thought about being here.

At summer I know new places like a beach and it’s fantastic that places also I go at park every days and I play soccer all summer .I try to speak English but it was difficult when was September 4. I went to school knew nothing of English when I get to school first time. I found people who helped  me a lot in English specially my first best friend Amy she speak little English and she speak Spanish. she helped me knowing  new things and persons and then in the Summer. I learned more with my brothers who helped me learn more and even that at first got along well for us over time. We learned to get along and then in the High School learned much English met new people like my friends Kenny. And she helped me in English she speak and is like my best friend, we  share new traditions with her and new friends  at first was complicated but then eventually learned many things… This was my immigration history.