Brandon Salinas was brought to the United States when he was only four years old, he was taken by his mother which at the time was fleeing from an abusive partner. Salinas never went back to Mexico and assimilated more into the American culture than to the Mexican (even though legally he was Mexican). With an absent father, Brandon's mother had to work extra hard to raised her 4 children. This made Brandon to spend more time with his friends, and less time at home, which might also be a factor of why he was more Americanized than to have a more Mexican culture.