My Cultures and Microcultures
Kelsey Lena Crouch
 My father started life with a conditionally
separated family while his father served in the
military. Later on in life, his family transformed into
a blended family as divorce and remarriage came.
 My mother came from a dysfunctional family.
 My parents both came from broken families and
decided to create a nuclear family together.
 My parents have been married for 30 years.
 They have 4 children (including myself).
 My two oldest siblings are married and each have
two boys.
 I love my family and also hope to have a similar
family someday.
 This past June, I was married to my husband in the
Las Vegas Nevada Temple.
 My parents started off in the lower class,
but with the advancements in jobs, they
moved up to the middle class.
 I spent most of my life living comfortably
with a budget in the middle class.
 I was the youngest child living at home,
with every kid moving out, it became less
of a financial struggle and my parents
moved into the upper-class.
 Recently, I was married and the cycle
started over. (Starting off in the lower
class, but living comfortably with a
budget.)
 My father’s family immigrated to America
from England just before the Revolutionary
War.
 My mother’s family came from Scotland.
 Both families traveled from the East side of
our country, to the west. (Which was then
Mexico and is which is now called Utah.)
They left to flee from religious persecution.
 My family has very little influences from the
countries our ancestors came from.
 I consider myself 100% American.
 Growing up in Las Vegas in the public
school district, I had to work extremely
hard to learn beyond what challenges I
was given.
 For high school, I attended a technical
academy for two years and then switch
to a high school-college dual credit
program for my last two years.
 For college, I attended Dixie State
University in Utah for one year.
 After one year, I decided to serve a full
time mission for The Church of Jesus
Christ of Latter-Day Saints. I served in
Guatemala for 18 months.