| You sound depressed. If you're 22 and in good health, you have your entire life ahead of you :) . You're already living in the United States, a dream for many. There's probably an entry-level job in one of those chains or retail stores you can get which will allow you to study on the side - my brother moved from Uruguay to Canada at about your age, worked at KFC while studying and is now an extremely sucessful manager in the advertising business. As zaphar says, if you're tech-savyy, you don't need the degree - getting exposure will do the trick. Yakima looks relatively close to Seattle, which is a hot spot for tech, and I've heard Portland also has a good tech community. Try to go to events there and socialize. After you get better known, you might get some freelance work or maybe you can get a position and move there. I don't know about rent in Yakima, but maybe you can share an apartment with someone interesting/who shares your interests, or at the very least is motivated. I'd try to find some kind of counseling or support group. If you can't find any in Yakima, there are several in Seattle: http://www.freecounselinghelp.com/category/counseling/counse... A non-refundable round trip bus ticket from Yakima to Seattle is about U$ 30 according to Google, so you might be better off paying for some local counseling. |