article_snippet: us upbringing was humble, but my parents provided for all 12 of us children.
article_snippet: my parents taught each and every one of us the importance of education.
article_snippet: But balancing a life of dual identities was not an easy feat for either my siblings or me.
article_snippet: I was the first in my family to get a college degree -- I'm the seventh out of 12 children.
article_snippet: All of my siblings after me went to college
article_snippet: and today we have a public administrator, a teacher and a medical school student in my family.