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Editor’s note: As we gather and spend time with friends and family this Thanksgiving holiday, it’s important we remember to be thankful for what we have.
In today’s special essay, I’ll share why I’m grateful to be American – not just for the opportunities this country gave me, but for readers like you who allow me to keep doing what I love.
“America didn’t just change my life – it gave me one.”
If you’ve heard my accent, you know it’s a strange mix of New York and English – my friends call it “Brooklish.”
I wasn’t born in America. I grew up in Britain’s foster care system, in a cramped, unheated room above a garage. At night, I’d watch my breath curl into a cold mist and wonder if my life would ever change.
Ever since I was 12, I’d dreamed of working in the stock market. When I told my school’s job counselor, he laughed and said, “Be a telephone repairman.”
But I knew deep down, my destiny was in finance.
So at 16, I left for America – with $150 in my pocket and a fire in my heart – determined to make it on Wall Street.
The Streets of Opportunity