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As clichéd as this sounds, I must say that my mother is the major influence in my life. I have a tremendous amount of respect for her, not only because she is my mother, but also because she has overcome many obstacles and challenges to gain the success she’s enjoying now.

 

My mother grew up on the south side of Chicago, and lived in what most would consider the “hood”. She is the oldest of 4, and as you can imagine being the oldest you have the most responsibilities. All throughout high school my mother had a steady job in order to take care of her school expenses and to help my grandmother out. After high school my mother got married and started her life as a wife, and mother. This did not work out for long. She and my father got divorced, and became a single mother. After working different odd jobs, she finally got a job as a Chicago Police officer. My mother worked as a cop for ten years, and then decided to quit, and go back to school. At this point she was already remarried and had 5 kids. She went to Kendall College a culinary school, and became a chef. She was a celebrity in the culinary world winning the title “almost famous chef”. After working in a few restaurants she decided to work her way up, and is now the dean of students at Kendall.

 

What I admire most about my mother is that she doesn’t let things get in her way. She doesn’t let the fact that she has 5 kids stop her from achieving her goals, and she continues to strive for the best.