I admire my grandmother. Her name is Maria Bueno Nieto. Shes 49, she has two daughters,and two sons. The oldest of her kids name is Yolanda, the one after her is Jose, then Catalina And the youngest ones name was Servando. She has 6 grand sons and 9 grand daughters. She has being in the U.S. for about 18 years. She was born in the state of Mexico. She came to the U.S. to work and send money to her kids. When she came over here she left here kids with her mom.
My grandmother was working two jobs. She was working so hard that she only had a little bit of hours to sleep. She got so tired and she quit the night job just to be with the family.
My grandmother send some guys to bring her two sons and the younger daughter over here to study. They where going to school but thn the drop out because they had to help with the bills and fod in the house. One year later my mom Yolanda came to the U.S. with my older brother. He was 1 year old.
Four years later I was born.

The Best Advice I have received

What is the best advice you have ever received?

The best advice I have ever had is the advice my uncle gave me. The advice is to stay in school, be something in life and don't have a boyfriend. He told me that because he learned something. He didn't finishes high school and know he is in jail. He wants me to be in school and do good in school. He told me that he wants me to do better the what he did and now he thinks of why did he drop out of school. He drought out because he needed to work to help with the bill and the food.

He told me that because he wants me to be prepared for college. He doesn't want me to get pregnant at 15-18. He knows that's really hard to be going to school and having kids. He knows because he helped He helped when he got out of school and then like 2-3 hours later her needed to go to work and my mom was there already.

He told me that I shouldn't have a boyfriend until I'm 19-23. He told me that so can be focused in school and do all of my homework. He told me that boyfriend there not wort nothing just putting things in your mind to do stupid stuff. Boyfriends are just a distraction for me.

I am going to follow the advice that my uncle gave me. I do think of what if i drop out of school. What if i do drop out how with it affect my family and me. Well thats my best advice I ever had.

Bio Poem

Bio Poem

MARIA

I like to play football, volleyball, and I like to bake.
I'm daughter of Yolanda Cruz Bueno.
I love my mom and my family.
I feel that my family is doing a lot for us to go to school.
I need my family to give me a little more support to graduate.
I wonder how would I look like when I go to colleges.
I fear that my uncle will not come out of jail before I graduate.
I will like to be a football player or a volleyball player.
I belive my dreams will come truth.
I dream of making a lot of money and giving it to my family.

CRUZ

By My Self

How can I settle some disagreements with out no help from teachers and parents?

I will tell the person to tell me what is wrong, what did I do wrong to make hem/her to be this way. I will talk with that person and tell hem if we can be friends and not have problems. I learned how to settle it like this by my uncle. He always showed to us to settle it by talking not by fighting. I will talk but not fight because that will make the problem worse.

If that person those something to me I will get mad and fight. Because the second thing my family showed us that not to let us be bullied be people. They showed us to defend are self not to ask for help to get that person in trouble, because that person maybe remember that u got hem in trouble, that person will maybe get back at you.

Maybe fighting is not a good way to settle some thing. What if u don't fight that person will kip on bulling you. If you do fight that person will stop bulling you for a long period of time. That's the way you will show people that you cant defend your self.