Because my family sacrificed everything and came to America, I was able to get married and have children relatively easily. My husband has never had to leave us for an extended period of time or move us halfway across the country. We were born in America and live a life full of luxuries that we don't even realize are luxuries, all because my ancestors moved here a long time ago. My kids don't have to worry about what the next day will bring or whether they will be able to eat at dinner time. They can go to college at a young age without terrible sacrifices. My oldest daughter will get her associate's degree right out of high school and become a doctor, something my ancestors never had the chance to do. It's crazy to think that my ancestor's barley had the opportunity to go to school, and yet my youngest daughter is the youngest to attend college here in Ashland. I am the first in my family line to go to university and I am fortunate to be able to choose my career, something my ancestors were not able to do. It's the same for Junot, who was able to choose his own profession here in America. Unfortunately, Junot's mother "never became a nurse...Immigration stood in the way of this horizon: once in the United States, my mother could never master English, no matter how hard she tried, and God, she tried. » (Diaz 1). But because she wanted much more for her son, she strongly encouraged him