New Heroes

Watching the elections last night I was able to watch a new Senator come into power, Marco Rubio (R). Besides his political views, his story was very relevant to many Americans today. He's a son of Cuban exiles and like many of us in the New Norm, went to college in this country and became something his parents can only Dream about. But what strikes me most is how Marco Rubio came to power. He was able to take down the establishment on both sides of the aisle. He is the true meaning of the New Norm. He inherited the American Dream through his parents and took it to new heights.

Being true to this Blog, Marco Rubio is the product of  a generation of hard work. His parents came to this country to work as what is perceived as low level jobs. But there is nothing wrong with that, these jobs were able to provide a better life than a lot of countries on this planet. A lot of Americans in the New Norm saw their parents work in hospitals as nurses and janitors, or housekeepers and maids and this provided a lot of us the "opportunity" to create a better living situation for our families.


There is another hero I saw recently in my trip to Miami. I was able to watch Julian Castro (D), the mayor of San Antonio speak at an event. He has a very similar story as well in the New Norm, his grandparents and parents worked on farms and low level jobs. But what struck me most out of his whole speech was that he said we're not doing this for ourselves, we're doing this for our grandmothers and mothers who sacrificed education to raise an American family. This resonates greatly with me in the way that most of us in the New Norm are. A lot of us had two mothers, one was our actual mother and the other was our grandmother. Most of my friends and people I meet have the same view, our grandmother sacrificed a lot to raise us.

To sum it up, a lot of us in the New Norm are the product of generations of hard work and sacrifice. We were given a gift of opportunity that many people in our parents' home country will never have. It is up to us to make what's best with the opportunity presented to us and make sure we work 1000x harder to make our families proud.