Chantelle;+Veronica+Chambers.

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Veronica chambers author of Mama's girl, the Joy of Doing Things Badly, [|and many more.]. Chambers grew up in the cities of New York, with an absent mother, absusive father, and overly needy younger brother. An honer student at all schools she=====

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to make her Mother noitced her, one day she'd realize how much Veronica loved and looked up to her...
Why is Veronica Chambers a role model? Veronica Chambers is a role model to young women an thats why she's worth learning about. Her life is an example of stregth and determination. No matter what people say you, or where you come from you can achive anything. Veronica stayed strong through watching her mother get beat with a hammer, her mother refuseing her love. Veronica was gonna make her mother noticer her no matter what, and dispite her mother telling her to slow down accidemicly; she was going to keep fighting and make something out of her life, unlike alot of people in her neighborhood.



One Day You'll Notice Me,Veronica Chambers "//ten years before air Jordans I learned to fly//."(Chambers 1) Veronica Chambers is a person who impacted the world by beating the odds of having an unsupportive-absent mother, Feeling completely alone for the majority of her life but staying strong and making something out of her self. Chambers grew up the daughter of "Cecilia, aloof Panamanian mother, and abusive Dominican father."(Moore)Veronica also had a younger brother that the parents both favored named Malcolm. Chambers often felt left behind in his shadows growing up and despite her manners, achievements and matureness she remained unnoticed by her parents.Veronica spent most of her life in a couple suburbs in New York, and moved often. Chambers Attended seven different schools over her high school career and was always an honor student in all gifted and talented classes. Unlike most kids who grew up in the same situation as Veronica Chambers, Veronica had Dreams and motivation to become something better, even if she'd have to do it all by herself... Although Veronica was an honor student-always top ranked in her class and worked her hardest everyday to be the best, she always fell short to her brother. More then anything she wanted in life was the approval of her mother. "In my family, success didn't mean anything. It was who got in the most trouble that won our mothers attention."(Moore) Malcolm was a troubled boy, and it didn't get any easyer with the separation between their parents when he was five. He never got good grades in school, always in fights and disrespecting the teachers but Malcolm remained Mommy's little boy. Veronica and her mother moved to California to live with a boyfriend when veronica was a teenager. Chambers attended a tough school in an even rougher area and the teachers couldn't care less how smart chambers was, and with out the help from her mother Veronica was going to get no where without advanced classes." I wasn't sure why but I knew she wasn't going to help me. She was always trying to get me to slow down.. there was no way I was going to slow down!"(chambers 90) Even with her brother out of the picture, Veronica just became replaced again. This time with a new step father, Tono. "I hated how my mother treated him like he was king!"(chambers 96) Moving to California and getting a new step father wasn't anything like Veronica thought it would be. She hated the gang filled towns, the broke down school but most of all she absolutely hated Tono, and it showed."I hated living in this house, I could never do anything right. Everyday it felt like I was crawling deeper into a hole.(Chambers 96) Veronica and Tono didn't get along from the very start. He was a Sergeant in the military and didn't talk much, Veronica began to wonder if he even wanted her there. They fought constantly, Tono never addressed Chambers and always made Cecilia the messenger. Veronica always thought that her mother would always be on her side, she was her daughter; But after an argument after diner one night Veronica was sadly mistaken. "...Tono has been talking about leaving , and let me tell you something, if he leaves then pack your bags and go to your fathers. Because I've had it."(chambers 97) Once again feeling totally alone,Veronica packed her bags and moved in with her father.

After moving in with her father Veronica realized that she didn't do this for herself and how much she hated Tono, but for their relationship and her mothers happiness. " I felt so many things: Angry at my mother for refusing my dreams. Spacious she wanted me to go so that her be alone with my step father..." (Chambers 92) Although she was pretty much raising herself since she was a little girl, and felt completely alone almost her life she managed to stay strong. "One day I was going to make it out of these neighborhoods, these piss-poor schools and where I have to beg for real work!"(Chambers 89) Even with the constant let down of her mother, Veronica pushed herself and always put other before herself. "if I couldn't make it, I hoped and prayed that one day my mother would see that I did everything that I could and be proud."(chambers 89) Being strong isn't always easy and not having your mother there to support you only makes you feel more alone. Veronica Chambers is a strong women, and by sharing her life experiences has impacted the world, because she's giving young women and little girls,the hopes that things can go right when everywhere you turn things are going wrong.