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NameHaris Estrada
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Country of OriginEl Salvador
Destination CountryCanada

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s-1 When I decided come to live in Canada, I faced the fear of the unknown, starting from scratch in a country with a different language, a different climate and a long way from my family and friends; but, I decided to put aside sadness and nostalgia and meet life's challenges head on.
s-2 I came to this country more than 13 years ago, when I was 25 years old, and just started my career as a professional.
s-3 In El Salvador, access to employment was difficult and I had been waiting for a couple of months for a place as a radiologist in a Salvadoran Hospital, but the opportunity never came.
s-4 This situation despaired me, because meant that so many years of study were useless.
s-5 In those months, my mother raised the possibility of migrating to Canada as a resident.
s-6 I had never considered living in another country before, but I felt that in El Salvador I could not make progress.
s-7 I had a hard time at the beginning, because I had my dreams, the ones you had since childhood, studying, getting a good job, buying a house, helping my family.
s-8 Here, things have not been easy, one of the main problems at the start was the language, and I thought I could speak English, but as soon as I got off the airplane, I knew I did not.
s-9 My studies did not work either, although I tried to validate my degree, in college they told me that I had to start a career again.
s-10 As I had to work I left my profession aside and dedicate myself to the construction, it was one of the hardest changes, going from an office job to a physical job, but I do not complain.
s-11 Thanks to this job, I have been able to travel, to know many places and enjoy living conditions that would not have been there.
s-12 When I think of El Salvador, it is inevitable to think about my friends, the beach, and coffee, but, above all, I think about my family.
s-13 Here I learned the true value of the family; I think that if my mother did not live here and had not been from the beginning, I would not have endured being so far away.
s-14 I brought my collection of coins that I started as a teenager, in high school.
s-15 I thought that was the only thing of value he possessed.
s-16 I imagined that here I would meet people from more countries and I assumed that I could increase my collection.
s-17 Sometimes, when I feel that I do not belong to Canada, but I do not feel part of my country, then I talk to my sisters and my nephews and I see my collection and a couple of books that I brought with me and I find again the bond that unites me land.
s-18 I do not know if I will return to El Salvador soon, but while I can help my family to get ahead, as a small way to repay what this country has given me.

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