Many lives have touched mine. Many different people have shared a piece of their soul in my education. However, it is my mother who is the most important and influential person in my life. My mother raised me alone from the day I was born. My father was abusive and she left to give us both a better life. He worked up to four jobs at once. My mother wants to make sure that my siblings and I have a better life than her. It wasn't always easy for her to take care of us alone, try to pay the bills and make sure we had everything we needed. My mother always involved us in sports from an early age. Growing up we were always doing something or involved in something. We attended summer school all through elementary school because he wanted us to get a head start. I remember when we were little he enrolled us in a course on good manners and more and I remember that when we went out to eat people complimented us on how well we behaved. Equally important are the standards my mother set for us. taught us that if you set your goals high, then you will have something to achieve. He also believes that you can do anything you set your mind to. We never attended our district schools because my mother wanted to further our education. He would say that just because you don't have money doesn't mean you shouldn't have just as good an education as the wealthy. He sent us to Catholic school for a few years until the expenses became too much and then transferred us to a good school in Chandler. We are not allowed to get a grade lower than a C, if we do we lose something that is important to us, until we get our grade ba... to the middle of the paper... that they need. He volunteered at homeless shelters and worked with the mentally disabled. He gives any clothes or items we no longer need to the orphanage in Mexico. She always puts others first and I am proud to say that my mother has worked very hard and come a long way. He doesn't know the words "surrender." If there is one thing he possesses in abundance it is perseverance; most importantly, he is able to see the potential in me and gives me the courage to do the things I hesitate to do. Furthermore, she has always been a good friend to me and I will never stop thanking my mother for what she represents in me. my life. I am also happy that my mother is my role model because without her in that place I don't know for sure if the person I would have followed would have been as good as her at fulfilling this task. A good model is what everyone should have