Skyline College/North San Mateo County
Oral History Archives, Skyline College Library
Student
project for LSCI 110 – Digital Oral Research Project,
Skyline College
Journey to a New Life: Angelina Aurigui
Click here to read the research essay, “Returning Back to the
Homeland”, by Jeffrey Aurigui
Click on the links
below to hear audio segments from an April 2012 interview by
Jeffrey Aurigui with Angelina Aurigui, who is one of the many Filipino
immigrants who migrated to the United States.
The picture above is a photo of
Angelina Aurigui holding her son.
Table of
Contents:
1. Segment 1
2. Segment 2
3. Segment
3
4. Segment 4
5. Segment 5
Segment 1
Life in the
Philippines (1:40)
Angelina Aurigui
discusses about her life living in the Philippines.
Segment 2
Leaving the
Philippines (1:50)
Angelina explains the
process of how she was brought to America, explaining the petition process for
her and her family.
Segment 3
Arriving in
the United States (3:23)
Angelina explains her
experience of seeing the United States for the first time.
Segment 4
Adjusting to
life in the United States (4:42)
In this segment, Angelina
explains how she adjusted to life here in the United States.
Angelina Aurigui
celebrating Christmas here in the United States.
Segment 5
Homesickness
(5:07)
In this segment, Angelina
explains her feeling towards being homesick when she first arrived and her
feelings up-to-date and also what are the factors for her returning back to the
Philippines.
Angelina Aurigui with her kids at San
Francisco’s Twin Peaks.
Image
sources:
San-francisco1.jpg:
http://piggybankblog.com/2012/02/21/san-francisco-audit-uncovers-extensive-flaws-in-foreclosures/
Wawa_park.jpg:
http://www.backpackingphilippines.com/2007/01/something-more-about-paete.html
0.jpg: http://article.wn.com/view/2011/06/18/Much_to_do_in_Cebu/
last revised: 5-15-12
by Eric Brenner, Skyline College, San Bruno, CA
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History Archives, Skyline College Library.
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comments or suggestions, email: Eric Brenner at brenner@smccd.edu