Recently, I watch a Buzzfeed video about Latina moms raising their children and it hit a little to close to home. It made me realize that I don't thank my mom enough for everything she has done and everything she will continue to do simply because I haven't been through everything she has.

Mom, I don't think I'll ever understand or appreciate all you have gone through as a woman and as a minority to raise my siblings and I. Everything hit at once, and I don't even know where to begin, but for you, I'll try.

First, thank you for helping me through school when I was a child. I remember needing help with my homework but you weren't able to help me as much as you could because english wasn't your first language. But, you did your best. You took english classes and you learned all you could while working.

Thank you for supporting us in any of our school activities. You have always encouraged us to go out, to be involved and to become leaders. I still can't believe you were your student council president and you broke your pinky playing softball in high school at El Salvador.

Thank you for putting up with our picky eating habits. Our random sibling fights, the pranks we would do, the sleepless nights you've had because of us and for always having the patience to teach us right from wrong.

Thank you for pushing me to pursue my dreams and thank you for working on pursuing yours. You forced me to come to UT. You sat there until I confirmed my attendance and you assured me that there weren't any obstacles I couldn't overcome. I also admire you for you dedication towards your goals. You became a legal resident and then studied day and night for your citizenship and I'm so proud of calling you my mom.

You are superwoman. You have a billion blue collar jobs to give us what we need, while putting your needs aside, and you still take care of us. Even if I'm a couple of hundred of miles away, you still find a way to make sure that I'm not drowning in school work and that I'm financially and emotionally stable.

I love you so much and I could go on and on about how amazing you are or about how many thank you's I owe you. But, I don't think I'll ever have enough time to do it or enough words to write it down.