2. My mom graduating from Salem State University with a Bachelor’s Degree in English.

3. My dad in front of his work truck. He started his own construction business 7 years ago.

4. My parents standing in front of our new house built by Habitat for Humanity on the inauguration day.

5. My mom’s picture in our local newspaper. Her painting was on display at a silent auction at the museum she worked at. She has also published many other articles and poems in the paper.

6. My family and grandparents from my mom’s side taken in Miami, FL summer of 2011.

7. My sister and I with my aunt from my mom’s side. She immigrated from Albania and now lives in Toronto, Canada. She is the superintendent of the building she lives in and also works part-time as a French teacher.

8. From left to right: My mom’s cousin, my mom’s sister, my mom, and her best friend. They are all immigrants from Albania. Her cousin is a phlebotomist in a medical building and her friend works at a law firm and is also going to law school part-time.

9. My mom’s friend and her husband. She moved to America with her family from Albania when she was 16. They met in Albania and got married there. Then she did the papers so he could come back to U.S. with her. He is going to school to be a dental hygienist and also works part-time.

10. This is my me and my cousin from Canada. She moved there with her parents when she was 13. She graduated from University of Toronto with a degree in English and history and is now doing her masters in British Columbia working as a TA in a college. She wants to become an English professor.