I want to write about what truly has shaped me: how my whole family migrated to America but never took any of the opportunities given. Instead, they worked in a donut shop for the entirety of their lives. I want to focus on the donut shop and have it symbolize missed opportunities, but there is a severe inconsistency. My mom became a nurse (my six aunts and uncles, and grandparents work in the donut shop). The only reason my mom left the donut shop to become a nurse is because the donut shop barely breaks even most of the year. She is the only one out of all my aunts and uncles to have a child, and the donut shop income just wouldn’t be enough to survive. Although it is still technically an opportunity, my mom chose nursing because she does not know of any other opportunities for careers there are in America. She only knows of nursing because she is constantly, along with the rest of the family, going to hospitals for checkups and such. She hates the job and would never consider it an “opportunity” but rather “the only job she knew about that could make sufficient money to survive”. I want to get into college and have a great career that helps a lot of people to show my family that there is more than just working at a donut shop.
My question is: How can I convey this? In the interview? Supplement? I would rather it not be in the essay, but I should I do it if there are no other places? If I did not, would it seem suspicious if I didn’t?
Thank you!