I'm 25, a woman. After high school my life went kind of crazy-movie like, and then when I was 22 I got into a University and am now more than halfway through my career (ChemE).

I was born in the United States to illegal parents but shortly after being born I was brought back to Mexico, where I grew up my entire life until I realized I was born in the USA.

So there was a point in my life (16-21) where I was going back and forth between countries, absolutely lost, and had no idea on what to do. Especially because of all the family problems and stuff like that, and the 2020 pandemic made everything worse.

I felt lost, alone, and I thought that getting into school was going to make me feel better for some reason. Yes, I did want to study, but I also wanted to make friends and such (I grew up alone and never really had any friends. I did work but I never got to make coworker-friends, and during those years I did live with my then partner (lasted 3 years).…