A Better Place: Home
by Daniel Honesto Zavala
I was born in Irapuato, Guanajuato Mexico, and I lived there till I was
four years old. When I first came to the United States, I had no idea that my
life was about to change. I first was in Mission, TX which is nothing compared
to the city I am in right now - Houston; it is my home now and I plan on
staying here to make a better life.
Houston has given me many opportunities to meet such great intellectuals
and also it has given me the opportunity to make myself a better me. In High
School, I had met many people who actually I look up to, they are organic
intellectuals, and the organization I joined helped me see into my future. I
have dedicated my time to focusing on doing what is best for my community and
to actually become an organic intellectual myself.
Even through my middle school year, I was lucky enough to have such a
wonderful soccer … and football … and
cross country … and track and field coach who believed and still believes I
will become someone. I can still remember the words he told me a day before a
football game: “Daniel I will make you the best running back out there,” which
he did, but it was my decision to stop playing that beautiful sport due to
getting injured my sophomore year in high school. I still look back to my past
and think of the better things I could had done, now it’s the present and I
should be grateful of having the opportunity to actually be in such a great
city which can offer me many chances to better myself and succeed in life,
alongside my karate instructor also gave me the opportunity to actually
participate in a National Karate Tournament hosted in Las Vegas, Nevada.
High school wasn’t just about work, it was also about building
friendships which I acquired throughout my High School years. I wasn’t quite
sociable but I could easily get along with anyone by getting to know them. I
attended The Heights High School and I could say it was one of the best and
worst years of my life, but now I attend Lone Star college and it is time for
me to make that transition to move on, but also keep those friendship I have
acquired.
This is the life I have ahead of myself and I wouldn’t have gotten to
where I am without these people in my life, to me they are the actual organic
intellectuals that shape the community around me. I know there might be many
challenges ahead of me, not only because I am not a US citizen but look at what
I have accomplished, not many people can say that I am a well-organized put man
but I can show them that they are mistaken. Now that I am here I plan to make a
difference in the world and America will be a great spot to start.
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