My Family: What Is Cultural Identity?

When we first started this section the question was, what is cultural identity? We now know that cultural identity is what makes a person who they are, which can be related to their nationality, religion, generation, or any kind of social group that has its own culture. But the new question is, what is my cultural identity? I believe the things that make me who I am are my family, my faith, and my friends.

My family is a big part of my cultural identity because they are the ones that taught me how to be the person I am today. I was born into a big, loving family. I have my parents who taught me how to be respectful to the people around me. I have two older half siblings, a brother named Blake and a sister named Blair, who I’ve grown up …show more content…
A couple months after I was born, my brother and I were baptised into the Catholic church. My parents decided that it would be good for me to get educated at a Catholic school, so when I was three I started pre-school at Saint Mary’s. I attended that school until the end of my eighth grade year, which allowed me to learn about my faith and to grow into the person I am today. Since moving up from Saint Mary’s School to Hoquiam High School, I still try to attend church every Sunday and I teach third graders Sunday school in my parish. This is why my faith makes up a big part of my cultural identity.

The last big part of my cultural identity is my best friends who have been there for me through everything. I have a couple of friends that it would be impossible to live without. Many of my friends I have known since I was in elementary school or younger, who are the people I grew up with. They know more about me than anyone else. They know what I like to do, what I like to eat, and how I spend my free time. They also know how to pick me up when I am feeling down and they can make me laugh in any situation. These are the people that I love to spend time with and I always look forward