Believe it or not, Cesar Arevalo is not much different from anyone else is his family.

The 18-year-old Salvadoran native has been in the U.S. ever since he was just five years old and he and his siblings have always been taught by their educator parents that education is essential to getting ahead and gaining any success.

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Cesar also has visions of someday creating and running his own business.

"The goal is to have my own company where I can set up a scholarship fund and make a difference in my community and come back and inspire kids to do the same," he said.

Having watched his parents have to pack away their teaching degrees once they reached the states and work such jobs as in a factory and at a wedding dress shop to earn a living for their family, Cesar also knows the value of hard work and sacrifice.

"Walking by these universities is very wonderful," he said. "It's a little strange because I've been in schools where they have some characters that have changed the world."

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