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Coming to the U.S.
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Rogelio Cruz Flores
During January 15, 1965, Rogelio Cruz Flores was 22 when he enlisted in the U.S. Navy. He joined because when he was 19, he wasting his life in the Philippines, not going to school and having a minimum wange job. During that time, his friends told him how good life was in the U.S. Navy, so he sent in an enlistment letter. So on January 15, 1965, he arrived in San Diego, California and from then on he served the U.S. Navy for 23 years. -
Linda Visperas
My aunt, Linda Visperas, came from Baguio City, Philippines to San Francisco, California in 1967. The reason why she came to the United States was because her family in the Philippines was struggling with funds because their whole lives consisted of selling milk and honey. Her dream is to become a computer analyst and to be able to support a family of her own. -
Linda Visperas (continue)
When she gets to San Francisco, Linda applies to for the United States Citizenship and later on, she’s able to support herself and have a family of a husband and three kids. In the next few years, Linda retires from being a computer analyst and gets a part-time job of being a tax consultant at H&R Block. Her immigration process was successful because she was able to get accepted into the country, able to receive all the benefits of being a retiree, and was able to live her dream. -
Balbir (Bobbie) Dhalle
Balbir Dhalle packed her belongings and began her journey into a new country she believed would make her life easier. From the little town of Moga, Punjab to the big city of San Francisco, California. She expected a life of leisure and meaning, in which she worked to better the lives of people as a committed, hard working nurse. Instead, this new country brought her sorrows, tears, and hardships which she had to endure in order to achieve success. -
Balbir (Bobbie) Balbir (continue)
Instead of working as a nurse, she found herself working a minimum wage job at Foster Farms. She imagined working in a hospital with intelligent nurses, and lovingly caring for patients. As a woman with no previous experience in the United States, she was not allowed to pursue the career she dreamed of. Balbir was not a woman who gave up easily, she swallowed the rejection and continued her journey until she reached her dreams. -
Cythia Perea McGee
My immigrant mother was born in the Philippines, then moved to America on October 27, 1995. She moved to America to be with my father who moved in America in 1988, also to benefit her kids life’s by creating a better future and to be together as a family. In the Philippines she was a sales lady for clothing and studied in the medical field. She came to America by plane, 2 weeks later after the arrival she obtained her Green Card and her social security number. -
Cythia Perea McGee (continue)
On the following month she started to attend Nursing school then was able to get a job at Convalescent Hospital in Vallejo Ca as a Dietary aid. 3 months into attending Nursing school she got her certificate. She worked at Convalescent for 6 years, then transferred to Sutter Solano Hospital in 2000. -
Ziwen Huang (continue)
I was getting familiar with the environment using the help from others such as teachers, classmates, friends, and families. I was finally able to socialize with others and achieve accomplishments in academics after years of hard work. -
Ziwen Huang
I came to America in 2007, August 31, as a foreign immigrant that knew nothing about America or English as a language. I had many struggles adapting to the “new world” including language, culture, and beliefs; the United States was so strange to me compared to my past life in China. Going to school was the biggest struggles for me due to the difference in language, studies of subjects, and the way of learning were differing from what I was aware of.