My mom got kicked out of her emotionally abusive home at age 16 . She took out loans and paid for herself to graduate high school early and go to college early and go to medical school early and become a doctor , all without any financial or familial support . Her parents did n't go to college . She became an anesthesiologist . She married a bad man who left her four months after she gave birth to twin babies . He never came back or financially supported her or her children . He has n't spoken to her or me or my brother in nearly fifteen years . She worked hard so l could work hard . l was the first person in my family to go to Harvard . It was harder because I was a girl , and people do n't like girls that much , generally . I worked hard there and I worked hard after . I understand your criticisms . I understand that the American dream is broken , and that my mom 's bootstrappy story is atypical and nearly unattainable , especially for people of color . But this did happen to my mom , and I am happy she gets to see a woman president in her lifetime . This is a huge day for incredible women like my mom and Hillary and everyone else . Also I will delete your posts if they are aggressive orthreatening . respect Bernie and his supporters and l did n't go to your wall to tell you to kill yourself . 