Pedro Perez Life Changing Person

Many people might take that their families for granted because they think they will always be there for them. Not everyone has the perfect family. Sometimes family members pass on and you must simply live your life to the fullest. I, at a young age, had to learn that people aren't going to stay with you forever.

His name was Pedro Perez. He was an outgoing, loud, and free Cuban who came to America at a young age. No matter what time of day it was he always had time to talk to you about Cuba. He loved to tell stories about the hardships that he went through and he is happy that he escaped that place he called his homeland. When I was younger, my parents would always be at work, so they would always spend me to my grandparents. This was my second home. My grandfather would always be in the kitchen cooking and dancing to salsa music that was on the radio. He taught me how to make all my family's favorite desserts. Also, he taught me the meals that his mama used to cook for him. We'd spend hours together cooking, dancing, and talking about life. He also taught me that no matter what happened in the past, you can change your future.

When I was 9, my grandfather was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. As time went on, I stopped visiting him less and less. Even when he was in the hospital he always knew how to brighten your day. Evidently, that same year he had died. After his death, I knew that I wanted to do something that would let me help people, like my grandfather did. That is when I decide that I wanted to go into the medical profession. I wanted to help people who were just like my grandfather and maybe be the difference that can help save a life. I want to be able to brighten people's day even when things are rough. Without this amazing soul who made me into the woman I am today, I would still be a little girl who probably didn't know how to even boil water and wouldn't want to go to college. Now I am a girl, who is trying to do well in everything she tries to do and with a chance to go off to college as the first person in her family.