”The adolescent capacity for self reflection (and resulting self -consciousness)allows one to ask “who am I now

In the essay the complexity of identity,Tatum states ”The adolescent capacity for self reflection  (and resulting self -consciousness)allows one to ask “who am I now ?”‘Who was I before ?””Who will I become ?” Tatum notes, one’s identity reflects  past,present, and future into a cohesive,unified sense is a complex task that begins in adolescence and continues for a lifetime(The complexity of identity).however, one’s identity is shaped by the one’s past and how they thinks about the future and how they take their life so  it is a quite a journey but if you don’t quit  and keep following your dreams that eventually leads to a place where you want to be finding identity is one of the most complex factors if you are hyphen.According to the essays “only daughter” by Ciseros and “A Puerto Rican Stew” by Santiago, they both share a situation in which they overcame challenges finding their identity and career in the process of finding herself and their purpose in life and how they followed their passions, and eventually attained the position they desired.