 My story starts when I moved to the United States with my family 11 years ago from Mexico. I moved here and I started sixth grade. I didn't know the language. I didn't have any friends and worse of all of that. I didn't have any self-esteem because I couldn't communicate with anybody. Years later in my senior year I knew I wanted to be an engineer but I also knew that I didn't have the English level to be successful. That's when Gateway Technical College came in my life. After talking to an advisor I was introduced to the English Language Learner Program. They have a Gateway Technical College and I also mentioned that I wanted to get a skill where I could work. So I finished my English program and my cosmetology program. In those two years I learned to be confident with myself. Also that fall after I graduated from those programs in 2012 I started the Biomedical Engineering Technology and the Electrical Engineering Technology Program Gateway offers. Two years later I'll be graduating from the Biomedical Engineering Program in May and the Electrical Engineering Program in December. In those two years have been the years that have impacted my life so much. But Gateway Technical College has not only improved my education but they have also improved my self-esteem and my self-worth and confidence to be here right now at this moment.