Eva Castillo
My Child Changed My Life When I was living in México I was very independent. I started to work since I was very young. With great effort, I was able to finish a career and work in what I liked to do for two years. When I was 22 years old I got pregnant and that completely changed my life. I was scared because I was alone, but I also was exited because I knew I would not be alone anymore especially when I found out that I was caring a baby girl. I made a great effort to be healthy and I was more conscious of how to take care of my body. Also I changed my job because the one I had was heavy and risky. I was five months pregnant when my brother and I decided to come to Chicago with our parents then everything changed for me. When I arrived to Chicago I found a comfortable job and that made everything easier. One week before my baby was born; my baby's father and I decided to start living together. Again I had to leave my job because my daughter was born and I wanted take care of her. I was a little depressed for a
while. My baby was sleeping almost all day and all night. It very hard for me to get used to staying at home all day long. It was difficult for me to ask for money or consulting with someone else before doing whatever I wanted to do. Then I became consciousness about all I had; the little and big things that I was missing all my life, MY OWN FAMILY. After that, I started enjoying every single detail of my new life. Especially because my whole family was living in Chicago. Finally I could see all of them. My brothers and sisters; my mother, my father everybody living in the same state. I enjoyed taking care of my baby with the help of my husband. He worked very hard and I didn't have to leave my child alone and work outside of my home. I enjoyed my daughter because we were growing up together. She has been teaching me to be a good mom and me how to be happy. I now enjoy every day because, thanks god, my daughter has a family something I did not have when I was her age and it is all she need “A GOOD FAMILY”.
“Eva Castillo is a great student! She is a gifted speaker and a great organizer. She was the Program Action Committee (PAC) representative for the last semester of the 2010 academic year. Eva is one of a kind; she is intelligent, enthusiastic, hardworking and witty! Eva Castillo and her daughter Paulina are shining stars in the FLT program.” Marisol Aguilar, Group Facilitator