Manuel

Manuel was born in the Ventura Hospital and has been living in Oxnard his entire life. He is half Mexican and half Salvadorian, his mother is from Mexico and his dad is from El Salvador. His parents are hard workers who have been working in the fields. His parent’s struggles are what motivates Manuel to try hard and strive. His goal is to have and education but mostly to make his parents proud. Manuel graduated from Pacifica High School 2010, he went to college and didn’t really like it so he went for the working field and figured out that, that was not enough money so he decided to come back to school. Manuel goes to school Tuesday and Thursdays, he works on Mondays, Wednesday, and Friday for about twenty hours, and lucky him he has weekends off. On the weekends he likes to take his little brother to his baseball games and he also likes spending time with his family. He is the oldest of four kids and considers himself friendly, honest, and fun. Manuel’s plan five years from now is to have graduated, have his career, and hopefully be settling down and starting a family. He believes hard work pays off and that he will be successful. Oxnard College is convenient for him because he only lives about five minutes away. He likes Oxnard College but thinks it would be better if it had a wrestling team and a football team. He feels like college is different because the teachers don’t really push you or are on your case like high school teachers which is totally right we are on our own for our success.