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Dialogue: 0,0:00:00.43,0:00:03.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Music]
Dialogue: 0,0:00:06.48,0:00:10.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My mom came here when she \Nwas seven years old to New York.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:11.28,0:00:14.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My grandfather, \Nmy maternal grandfather
Dialogue: 0,0:00:14.08,0:00:15.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,worked for the embassy.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:15.76,0:00:18.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So he was posted in New York,\NSo they all came to New York
Dialogue: 0,0:00:18.74,0:00:20.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and she's been here ever since.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:20.72,0:00:23.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So 40 something years, I think.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:24.08,0:00:27.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And my dad, he came here for college,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:27.94,0:00:29.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,an engineer in San Jose.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:30.59,0:00:33.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So he came, he studied \Nand he just decided to live here.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:34.34,0:00:36.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that's my story.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:37.83,0:00:40.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It starts off with my dad \Nmoving here for his job
Dialogue: 0,0:00:41.36,0:00:43.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,back in 2003
Dialogue: 0,0:00:43.98,0:00:47.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and that just left me and \Nmy mom back in the Philippines
Dialogue: 0,0:00:48.16,0:00:51.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,um for about two years before we moved
Dialogue: 0,0:00:51.83,0:00:55.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to join suit with him and \Njust join I mean just like live
Dialogue: 0,0:00:56.16,0:00:58.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with him and my grandpa \Nwas already here prior,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:58.64,0:01:00.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but I don't really know \Nwhat year he moved.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:01.12,0:01:02.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And yeah,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:02.54,0:01:05.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We just been here since 2005.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:06.00,0:01:09.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Back in Philippines we were taught\NEnglish as a second language, right?
Dialogue: 0,0:01:09.71,0:01:11.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I thought that
Dialogue: 0,0:01:11.53,0:01:12.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,coming here to the US
Dialogue: 0,0:01:12.61,0:01:14.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I wouldn't really have\Na problem with that.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:14.68,0:01:16.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,However, it was really \Nhard because like
Dialogue: 0,0:01:16.83,0:01:19.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,all everybody around me, \Nlike literally,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:19.04,0:01:22.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,everybody spoke fluent English and I'm
Dialogue: 0,0:01:22.47,0:01:24.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,still just like I know \Nsome words that
Dialogue: 0,0:01:24.32,0:01:26.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they're saying but it's really like
Dialogue: 0,0:01:27.57,0:01:30.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,more complex just trying to like
Dialogue: 0,0:01:30.16,0:01:32.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,decipher what they're \Nsaying and all that
Dialogue: 0,0:01:32.54,0:01:35.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it's um, it was hard \Ngoing through that process,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:35.70,0:01:37.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but eventually I
Dialogue: 0,0:01:38.56,0:01:41.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I like learn to get along with it to
Dialogue: 0,0:01:41.44,0:01:44.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,like conform myself to the society.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:44.35,0:01:47.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So my family comes from\NMexico both my mom and my dad.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:47.84,0:01:50.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And they came over in the 90s and
Dialogue: 0,0:01:50.40,0:01:51.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they met each other like
Dialogue: 0,0:01:52.24,0:01:55.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,uh four years after they came over, and
Dialogue: 0,0:01:56.24,0:01:58.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they met each other at work, and then
Dialogue: 0,0:01:59.28,0:02:02.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they got together, \Nand they had me and yeah.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:03.19,0:02:05.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Both of my parents were born in Egypt
Dialogue: 0,0:02:05.08,0:02:09.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and lived there most of their \Nlives all the way until college.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:09.53,0:02:10.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They got married in Egypt
Dialogue: 0,0:02:10.85,0:02:14.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and then my father decided \Nthat he wanted to come to America because
Dialogue: 0,0:02:14.42,0:02:17.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it was the land of opportunity \Nand dreaming and all that.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:17.52,0:02:19.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My mother, they were both obviously like
Dialogue: 0,0:02:19.52,0:02:21.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,very torn to leave their family but they,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:21.80,0:02:25.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,left everything to come \Nhere so that me and my
Dialogue: 0,0:02:25.68,0:02:27.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,siblings could have a better life.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:27.43,0:02:29.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My parents immigrated from
Dialogue: 0,0:02:29.68,0:02:32.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Vietnam to here during the Vietnam war.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:32.96,0:02:36.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So my dad, he came originally from China
Dialogue: 0,0:02:36.48,0:02:39.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in Guangdong near Hong Kong and
Dialogue: 0,0:02:40.40,0:02:44.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,during the Vietnam war, he escaped from
Dialogue: 0,0:02:44.32,0:02:46.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,China through Vietnam and all the way
Dialogue: 0,0:02:46.72,0:02:48.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,through Malaysia as a vote person.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:48.64,0:02:51.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So he went through a lot with his family
Dialogue: 0,0:02:51.68,0:02:55.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and his four older sisters \Nand his two parents.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:55.52,0:02:57.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My dad and the rest of his sisters
Dialogue: 0,0:02:57.52,0:02:59.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,decided they wanted to go to America
Dialogue: 0,0:02:59.84,0:03:02.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and really let their kids \Nlive the American dream
Dialogue: 0,0:03:03.44,0:03:08.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and he was very adamant \Nabout wanting to stay in America
Dialogue: 0,0:03:08.40,0:03:11.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,seeing it as this wonderful \Ncountry full of opportunities.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:11.68,0:03:14.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So he went here when he was 21
Dialogue: 0,0:03:15.28,0:03:20.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and he had to lie about his age to be \Nable to go to an American high school.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:21.08,0:03:23.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He went to San Jose high \Nschool which is very close by
Dialogue: 0,0:03:24.16,0:03:26.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and he also graduated from San Jose state
Dialogue: 0,0:03:27.09,0:03:29.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and he really took his \Neducation seriously,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:29.86,0:03:32.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because he really wanted \Nto provide for his family.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:32.80,0:03:36.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And after everything was \Ngreat he had a good job.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:36.16,0:03:39.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He went back to Vietnam and \Nthat's where he met my mom.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:39.60,0:03:43.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And my mom immigrated here\Nleft everything she knew
Dialogue: 0,0:03:43.20,0:03:49.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,back in Vietnam and here we are\Nwith three kids and a happy family.