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I was born and raised in las Vegas 

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Nevada . My mom is from san Fernando 

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valley California and my dad is from 

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chino hills California . Their parents 

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are both from Mexico . So I'm second 

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generation . Um , my grandpa on my 

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mom's side is from Guerrero Mexico and 

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my grandma from my mom's side is from 

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Ixtapa . What I would say especially 

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about mexican culture is how we , we 

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always have each other's backs no 

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matter what my first language is 

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spanish . But when I got into the 

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american school system , I learned 

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english and I just went on from there . 

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What hispanic heritage methods to me is 

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showing appreciation from my culture 

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and my people . I think having diverse 

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cultures in the army makes the army 

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strong because we all have different 

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mindsets and came from different 

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backgrounds and have different ways to 

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solve different problems .