Songstress Camila Cabello, of Fifth Harmony fame, has penned a touching and inspiring essay about her family's decision to come to the USA for PopSugar. 

Tweeting about the essay, the "I Know What You Did Last Summer" star explained: "In honour of #HispanicHeritageMonth. I wrote an essay about my family and I's story as Latinos coming to America." 

In the piece, she reveals that her mother told her she was being taken to Disney World as they packed up for the move: "With a couple hundred dollars, the clothes on our backs, no family in the United States, and no clue of what was going to happen next, that's exactly what we did. Like my mom said, "I don't know where I'm going, but I can't stay here." And that was enough." 

"Why were we packing up our stuff? Why was my grandma hugging me tighter than usual? Where were we going? "We're going to Disney World!" That's what my Mom told me when we were crossing the border. She packed a little backpack with my Winnie the Pooh journal and my doll, and we crossed the border from Mexico to the US, seeing my Dad become an ant in the distance as he stayed behind."

She continued: "Immigrants have one thing in common: Hunger. I don't mean it literally, although that's true too, but metaphorically. The hunger to do the impossible because you have no choice, because you came too damn far, because you've known what struggling is, and you're not going to take an opportunity for granted. The hunger and ability to win above people with better circumstances than you simply because you want it badly enough." 

Cabello concluded her essay with a powerful statement: "I am so proud to be Cuban-Mexican. This country was built on immigrants. People who were brave enough to start over. How strong we are to leave behind everything we know in hopes of something better. We are not fearless, we just have dreams bigger than our fears. We jump. We run. We swim, we move mountains, we do whatever it takes [...] Behind that wall, could be the next cure for cancer, the next scientist, the next artist, the next drummer, the next anything they work hard enough to become!" 

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Watch an interview with Cabello below: