JSM - Edition Four

W ho A m I?

Who am I? I was born in Hawaii Honolulu to be precise My parents divorced when I was three The experience wasn’t nice. I moved to Indonesia Despite the horrible life I had my mother and my new stepfather But the streets were filled with strife My mother sent me to Hawaii She knew I had to go I lived with my grandparents in Honolulu I missed my mother more that I could know.

I got used to my new life I went to a good school My mother moved back to Hawaii I never felt so grateful I started university in Los Angeles I went Occidental College I then transferred to Columbia University To quench my thirst for knowledge I got into Harvard University I never thought I would I enrolled to Harvard law school But my Dad died when I thought everything was going good. I went to Kenya before my classes started I learned about my father He grew up in a poor community The poverty, the strife, anywhere I would rather I worked as a community organiser On the south side of Chicago I improved people’s way of living And decreasing the number people without a home I graduated from Harvard Law school With great distinction (not trying to boast)

I met Michelle Robinson in Chicago She was a young lawyer, at the most

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