Miguel
I have been through many joyful events as well as many hardships in my lifetime. However, despite all the horrors I endured, I have decided to focus on the good I have in my life. I take hope knowing that my life will once again be fulfilling and that there are people in this world who do care for me. I am grateful for all the help that I have received so far in this rebuilding process and I thank each of you for helping me reach my goals. I long to be able to give back to others like others have given to me and I feel that with this need being fulfilled I will most certainly be able to do so!
I am currently unemployed but I've worked at jobs in the Real Estate industry and have helped to create the design of as well as plan the construction of low-income housing projects.
Right now, my biggest challenge is that I am rebuilding my life from scratch after surviving torture. Growing up in Nicaragua I always knew I wanted to help further the opportunities of the people and the country that I loved. Unfortunately, due to political unrest and severe persecution my family and I were forced to leave the country and flee to the Untied States. Upon gaining my citizenship and graduating from my schooling I worked in the real estate industry for some years. During this time I felt it was important for me to give back and decided to return to my home country of Nicaragua to build low-income housing. However, I was once again persecuted and imprisoned for many months because of my efforts, losing everything I owned. After my release and return to the United States it has been hard to rebuild my life to where it once was. I want to be able to go back to school and further my education while still taking care of myself both physically and mentally.
Something interesting about me is that I am very interested in technology. I love working with my hands and fixing items for my friends and family, such as computers.
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Funded on 6/28/2013
Miguel
from San Diego, CA
I lost everything when I was imprisoned + tortured in Nicaragua for trying to help poor families. A computer will let me become qualified to work here More
Validated by Patricia from Survivors of Torture, International