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school for me to go to college. I decided instead to do a three-year training program
in accounting and get my certificate to help her.
My mother worked hard for me to be an educated person. She always gave me
advice on how to behave to become a successful person. She is a nice mother. I love
her. She gives me love, she gives me all I want. I will love my mom all my life. She is a
hero to me.
Born in Guinea, West Africa, Aissatou Diallo had lived in
New York City for 16 months when she wrote, “My Mother,
My Hero.” She studies reading and writing at United Bronx
Parents of School 2, where her teacher is Wendy Wen.
“Something important for me,” she writes, “is to learn to
speak English and have a chance to go back to my country
and work there in accounting.” Aissatou Diallo is married
and has three children, including a new baby boy.
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