So Iβm aware I havenβt really posted anything in a while but I hope this reaches someone. My brotherβs name is Efren. Growing up he used to tease and make fun of me, but among all the teasing he also helped raise me along with our mom. When he was little he wanted to be an architect. But his is the story that a lot of Mexican American working class families face: either take the opportunities available to you to attain your dreams, or curtail those in order to take care of your family. He chose his family.
After graduating high school he turned down full ride scholarships in order to stay and work to help pay the bills. It was just him, my mom, and me. After a couple of years we got stable enough economically that he was able to go to college, but after graduation we fell on hard times again and instead of finding work in his field or applying to architecture school like he always dreamed, he decided to stick around and help us again. Itβs because of his choice to help our family that I was able to go to college too, something that for a time I didnβt think was possible. Itβs because of him that I was able to apply to and get accepted into a PhD program in the hopes of becoming a professor. Itβs because of him that my mom has a house to call her own. My mom and I owe him everything.
Yesterday, he was diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL). Heβs uninsured. Iβm a student, our mom works in childcare. Thereβs a high success rate for remission if he gets treatment, but we canβt afford it. Heβs all me and my mom have, and we canβt lose him. He chose family growing up, and itβs my turn to choose him. Please, any donation helps. I just want him to come home.
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