- I’m grateful for my mom, for teaching me while I was growing up. She always made an effort to answer my questions on how and why the world works fully, not only to quiet me down, but to make sure that I’ve understood things as they are. She drilled in me the value of education and learning for the sake of learning, instead of just as a means.
- I’m grateful for my dad, for showing me what resilience and persistence in the face of adversity looks like. He showed me the importance of networking and the importance of surrounding yourself with the right people.
- I’m grateful for both of my parents for showing me how presentation can be of great importance to one’s self-image and others, and realistic optimism in the face of an unstable life in both my native country and adoptive one.
- I’m grateful that I have a reliable brother whom I can always count on in serious matters, and who inspires me to become better to set a good example, but also by the way he’s carving his own path that I can learn from.