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<p>&nbsp;&nbsp; “When I grow up, I want to be a supply chain analyst.”</p>
<p>&nbsp;&nbsp; You don’t hear these words too often—but I’m hoping that changes fast.</p>
<p>&nbsp;&nbsp; When I was a child, my siblings and I would sit around the kitchen table and tell our parents about the jobs we might hold as adults. My mother bought me a bag with bandages and a toy thermometer. I wanted to be a nurse.</p>

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<p>&nbsp;&nbsp; Since the United States seized half Mexico’s territory after the American War of 1847, Mexican Americans have suffered from isolation. Their population was centered along the border, often months away from the East Coast. An out of sight, out of mind mentality developed.</p>

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