Name

      My name is Emmanuel, and the story of why they gave me this name is just funny to me. My dad is a huge fan of a Mexican singer name Emmanuel and well that’s how I got my name. He said that he made a pact with a friend that they would name one of their kids Emmanuel, and that’s what he did. I’m thankful that they gave me this name because in some way I will always have a part of my dad and what he liked, and in case you were wondering I also like the music of that singer but not as much as my dad. The meaning of my name is "God is with us". It is a biblical name that was first written in the Old Testament, in the Old Testament it has something to do with the birth of the messiah. The popularity of this name is not very high in the U.S its rank at 171 in popular names in the U.S.

      My last name is Gavino, and it comes from Italy. I really like my last name because it’s not really popular. My dad tells me that we come from Italy because my grandfather told him that two generations before them they use to live over there but they moved to México for some reason. It doesn't have that much story because it’s not very popular. Its meaning is “White Hawk” or “Little Falcon”. I haven’t met anyone the same last name except for all my family of course.

      If they gave me the opportunity to change my name I would say no because I like my name. I would never change my name, because I was given that name and it will stay with me. I love the meaning of my name and the fact that is not a very popular name it makes it better for me. More importantly I consider my name a gift of my parents, a gift that will stay with me for all my life. I also would not change my surname because I think is a cool surname and because it’s not very popular, I’m sure that many of you would of not know this last name until now, and that’s what I like about it.

Life

My name is Emmanuel Gavino and all I can say about my life is that I love it. When I was a kid I lived in many different places just to find a better life for my family. Although we moved a lot I had a great time, the only thing that I remember is playing outside with my cousins and everyone who would wanted to play. I lived most of my childhood in Mexico and all I have are great memories. When I was about eleven years old my dad decided that we had to move to the U.S so we moved and here I am.  

At this time of my life as you can see I’m attending college. This is my second year and so far is going great. In my free time I like to play video games specifically Fifa, well that’s the only game I play, and I also like to go to the park just to play soccer with my dad. I also like to read about philosophers and their philosophies, I think is really interesting how they all thought and what they did in their time and our time.

For the future I would like to be an electrical engineer but I still have some doubts about it. I’m still not sure of what I want to be but I’ll find out really soon. For now just keep on studying because that’s the only way we can be more prepare for life. Just trying to live another day because we don’t know what could happen tomorrow.