Juan Gomez

Relationship: Uncle

Age: 48

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The job I am doing right now is a professional iron press for a fashion designer company which I am not going to name because I am discrete with my life.

This was not what I studied during my years of college.  What I study in college was public relations.  Editorial career was what I ended doing in my country when I had just finished college.  But after 3 years of finishing college I was offer a trip to come to the city that is known as the city that never sleeps.  NYCity I left everything behind not think that I would need more than what I had a language.  Which is a big barrier to most of us that immigrate to this country.

I was a little influenced to chose this career because most of my family has been great in the businesses field.  My oldest brother was studying also editing for newspapers.  He helped me a lot in this career.  My oldest brother got me my first job.  Working for the editorial department of Las Noticias de RD newspaper.  This was the kind of job I wanted.  It dealt with businesses and with writing.  Most important with public relations of the community.

No my job does not influence in any kind of way what I think about family and business.  I believe that what has influence my way of thinking of life and my family in my own family that I grew up with, especially my mother who has given me the beat example in life that we should all succeed to leave a good name when we die.  Not to be said that I was something that will be embarrassing to know about.  Also to give that example to my children that money is not what we should think about when we chose what to do with our life.  Instead something that we enjoy and that won’t hurt anyone around us.  Instead that it should help those around us.

Does your family history influence who I am?  I don’t think so because I am who I am.  I do what I wish to do in life and I show people what I want them to see about me.  It my influence my morals but not who I am.  Even though that morals are part of us.  Because it is what we may think what is right and wrong but it may be if I wish to follow it or not.

My Challenges in life is to work as much as I have to, to give my children what they need.  And live an life that is in the right side.  Then to retire and spend my retirement in my homeland while doing the house chores and having enjoyment of what I have succeeded.

In a bad situation I am not a good person to deal with.  I am the worst because I can’t handle cases like this instead I make them worst.

Yes that is true that the way I have been raised is what has made up my morals in life.  Because what I was taught that was bad was what I can’t still do in life because it reminds me what my parents would tell me.  Or what they would do, for example have the worst talk ever by telling me way I should not do what I was doing.

I am in this job because of the pay and because this is what I have been offered because I cannot receive that job that I use to do in my homeland.  A editor for a newspaper.  I wish I can but it is hard when you don’t know how to speak the language as well as others do.  I would have to cope that what I spent most of my life studying for has gone down a drain.    A toilet that flushes your goals down like if it wasn’t of any importance.

What is money?  I may think what your grandmother had just said that money is just a bill that satisfy to pay and obtain other this that you need.  Or things that you may want.

I am not able to work with others in a group if I am not given the opportunity to express what I think about the plan.  Even thought that it may not be followed but I just want to participate about what I think about it.  Then help around to finish our goal as group.

What I wish to do in life is to live a life or no problems which is impossible because if it isn’t at home it might be at your work place or with the people you spent time with once in a while that you may have a little problem.  This is something I cannot succeed.  Because we are all imperfect in life and we all make mistake none of us are perfect and that may be the reason to the problems in life.

Yes it is easy for me to express my self to others.  Even though that sometimes when I express myself I may hurt others but it is that I cannot contain things and feelings inside me for long.  I think that I cannot hold it more that 24hrs.

My parents never told me what type of career they wanted me to chose specifically.  They just always told me that they didn’t want to see me in a street job or a picky money guy.  You know asking for money in the streets.

I am not religious.  The biggest religious thought that I have had is that I believe that we are not here because we just were here.  I believe that I was made by something very powerful and great that I will never or will get to see one day.  Religion is to me just a satisfaction to satisfy the need of being important.
 

The type of skills I have are that I am a good hard worker.  That I don’t take long to learn new skills.  That I have a good way to tell someone the truth by being all confronted.
 
 

What motivates me to do things in life is to see that what I do is appreciated and that it is remembered in the future.

The type of job atmosphere that I deal with is that I like to be alone in the job atmosphere and work sometimes with others when it is a project work.