Malgorzata Kwiecien is a woman I see myself in- within her challenges, bravery, and all that she has to deal with that comes with being determined. My name is Thu Meh and I was born in the midst of a brewing on-going war between the Myanmar and karenni ethnic tribes. My family went into hiding then on the run and ended up in Thailand refugee camp, this is where my life showed growth. I spent some times in the refugee camp, My family wanted more for my future and made a tough decision to blindly leave the refugee camp to America. For some this can seem like a no brainer, to leave the camp. In my parent and my eyes, we knew no better and this was a safer place than anything we have seen before. Within this refugee we have built a community we trusted, learned the ways around the jungle to hunt and forage for food, and even had a school to attend to. In hindsight this was a comfortable enough place, it was more than I could imagined growing up in. Attending the school was my hope to earning something more to life than becoming a homemaker. This was a hope doomed to come crashing down, I realized this as I jumped from each grades that the education became stagnant from as early on as late elementary to high school. My parents saw this as well and it is where the decision was solidified, my future will not be of me living and dying inside the refugee camp. While Maggie moved to the U.S. on her own with no support, I had my parent's support. I still feel some ounce of what Maggie could have felt. My family relied heavily on me to pick up on the new culture and language fast, I was attending school and spending time interpreting at appointments and other institutions for them. I believe there is no room for embarrassment or self pity when there are things to get done. I interpreted when I felt I couldn't be understood, my accent was heavy and my anxiousness was my worse enemy. It is unbelievably twice as tough to get normal daily life errands to be done with language barriers. With a turn of event, I learned English. I spent my whole upbringing pushing aside my anxiety to speak in public and to strangers. This was because I had a voice and the knowledge to help others. It would be selfish to stay inside my comfort zone when others will be struggling, I felt a sense of purpose when I think about the similar situation the other immigrants came from and how I could lessen their worry. I interpret for other Karenni families that cannot understand english and need some guidance in getting things done in their new life within America. I believe this takes some bravery, It may look like a different kind of bravery to Maggie's but I feel somewhat an understanding when she is remebered as determined and brave. I am now a young adult, graduated high school and have started my new step in life by attending college. I have a newfound interest in the medical field, I see the value in education and what knowledge can do to better people's life. I do not doubt Maggie had seen the same value as I did, she was devoted. I seek to stay devoted as well, I want to show other individuals especially immigrant women that they can achieve more than they will imagine if they set their mind to it.