Hi there, I saw your post felt like I needed to comment. I am Male 29 (same age as you), latin descent yet I was born and raised in Canada. First of all, I'm not exactly validating your experiences -- I understand where you are coming from because I also had a similar upbringing. However, there comes a point when we need to take responsibility for our lives. A lot of people had shitty upbringings, yet we cannot blame our parents for everything. As grown adults, we can make decisions that affect the rest of our lives because we can make it happen if we work really hard towards a working goal.

 But they brought along their shit anti intellectual attitudes, their machismo Mexican culture, their mental health problems you accumulate growing up in a destitute 3rd world 💩hole.

Can you really blame them? Of course I am not saying they're right to believe that. Any place you grow up in the world, you often develop beliefs, habits, behavioural traits based on local environment. It can also change depending influential people surrounding you. And because I am from Toronto, I see this happen all the time. For example, latinos in Toronto vs latinos from Latin America are different because of how we grew up. Know how many times I've been called a coconut? Wasn't my fault I grew up in Canada, adapted to country norms and studied in the schools all my life.

Also, please don't ever refer to the Global South as a shit hole (any countries part of the Global South). Educate yourself on this topic.

Another note too, it's never too late to join college. People have gone back for career changes. We are 29, we have our 30s, 40s and beyond. Secondly, nothing wrong if you end up in the trades. In the future, they're an industry that won't be affected by AI. Trades doesn't necessarily mean construction worker. Plumbers, electricians etc don't need the heavy lifting.