“Do whatever you want to do, but be the best at what you chose” are the words my parents always repeated since I can remember. My mother is a professional geographer back home, and my father is an agricultural engineer. Due to their high level of education, they always drilled into my siblings head and I the importance of education. They say we have to succeed and reach a higher level of education than them. Being raised in a hispanic family is a great thing but the abundance of judgement by not only your immediate family but your aunts, uncles and cousins, can get overwhelming. In my hometown, Colombia, there are only two social classes. There is the”higher class” whom own businesses, farms, and have professional degrees, and there is the “lower class” whose more of the working class, and sadly, can’t really afford education. This is the sad reality of not only my country, but a lot of Latin American countries. For this same reason, education within my family is not an option, is mandatory. Political issues forced my family leave a comfortable lifestyle and migrate to the U.S as refugees. The sacrifices my parents have made for my siblings and I are enormous, and the only way to pay them back is by becoming “a somebody” as my mother says, in this competitive society. These are my mothers words: “You don’t want to become part of the mass, you have to be different, you have to stand out”. The generation we live in has become extremely competitive, and making a difference is the only way to be noticed. The more languages you know, the more doors will open for you. The more people you know, the higher chance of becoming “a somebody”. This generation is all about strategies, and finding your way around your field. Education at the end of the day, is necessary and will fill us in with knowledge and culture you won’t gather in the street.