$141,974.35
That is the amount of real actual money that my father socked away in investment and savings instruments for our family. He went to school for quite a long time – became an industrial engineer with an MBA.
I know this is a tiny pittance to most people, in our family, it’s a LOT of money. In comparison, I have no assets, I only hold school debt. My net worth is a negative. You can imagine that $141,974.35 means something to me and to my mom.
My dad was also a first generation immigrant from Colombia, working, living, raising a family here in the USA as a full US citizen. Spoke better English than most Americans (as many professional class immigrants to this country tend to do).
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