Having grown up in Washington I was confronted with different cultures rather early on in my life. There were always kids from far off countries in my classes and I routinely ran into foreign nationals on the streets as we lived so near embassy row. Interacting with people of other cultures became more or less normal I would say.
Try to be more efficient by using fewer words when it will not detract from the meaning. Like this:
Having Growing up in Washington, I
was confronted with faced different cultures rather early on in my life. There were always kids from far off countries in my classe
s, and I routinely ran into foreign nationals on the streets as we lived so near embassy row.
Interacting with people of other cultures became more or less normal I would say. At the end, I cut out that whole sentence so that the reader could draw the conclusion on her own.
My favorite sentence: This was a lesson to me about understanding a different point of view, without judging it, and I think I did alright.--- this conveys a lot of positive energy, I think.
I think your conclusion deserves to be longer, with more discussion of the implications! :-)