"The Border" by Cindy Morand in Red edited by Amy Goldwasser

The following excerpt was from"Red The Next Generation of American Writers-Teenage Girls-On What Fires Up Their Lives Today" called "The Border" by 17 year old Cindy Morand. Born in American she moved to Mexico at two. Growing up she was never fully accepted because of where she came from but only until her wealth was mentioned was she respected. She excelled and achieved in school and knew what she wanted to do with her life. At thirteen they moved back to New York and her world around her collapsed. Her grandfather passed away, her father was diagnosed with cancer, and she didn't know how to speak english. Finally two years later she realized she can't waste time with her life so she decided to go back to the purpose of her life and get back on track.