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Student project for LSCI 110
– Digital Oral Research Project, Skyline College
The Journey: Mary Ann Ramil
Click here to read
the research essay, “Change Is Inevitable”, by Audrey Cacal
Click on the links below to hear audio
segments from an April 2012 interview by Audrey Cacal with MaryAnn
Ramil, who lived her first 18 years of her life
in the Philippines and migrated to the United States with both her parents in
hopes to gain a better lifestyle.
In this interview, Mary Ann and I discussed her lifestyle back in the
Philippines and the differences between that life and her life in the United
States.
She also gave an insider of her life lessons and how she dealt with them.
Mary Ann at the Alejandro M. Cacal Roadside
Park named after her father.
Table of Contents:
1. Behind The Family Scenes
2. Old Life Behind, New Life Ahead
Segment 1
Behind The Family Scenes (1:01)
Mary Ann goes in talks about her family
background of where her family
came from, how
content she was with her life in the Philippines, and her
what she dreamed of
doing when she grew up.
Old portraits of Mary Ann’s Family. Her parents are the picture to the left, and a picture of
her siblings and herself to the right.
Juliana (Left) and Alejandro (Right) [Left Portrait]
Nestor (Left), Marilyn (Back Middle), Rodrigo (Right) and
Maryann (Front Middle) [Right Portrait]
Segment 2
Old Life Behind, New Life Ahead (1:13)
Mary Ann opened up about her thoughts of
leaving the Philippines, the
reasons for leaving,
and her expectations of life in the U.S.
Mary Ann’s godparents at her baptism in
the Philippines.
Segment 3
Just The Beginning (2:03)
Mary Ann opened up about how she felt and some
discrimination of her
Filipino
identity when she came to the U.S. and how she dealt with it. She
also discussed her
first difficult job.
Mary Ann and a fellow friend from
Hawaii visiting her in Daly City.
Segment 4
The American Dream (3:11)
Mary Ann talked about her lifestyle in the U.S.
and how things worked
out for the greater good
for her. She also opens up about a disappointing
story of her best
friend in the Philippines.
A studio picture of
Mary Ann showing her glamour self in the U.S.
Segment 5
Filipino Identity (2:28)
Mary Ann went in depth on her how she deals
with her homesickness, her
future plans in the
Philippines, and how the U.S. changed her life.
Mary Ann at a Filipino Friendship Day
celebration at local church on June 25, 2011.
Segment 6
Lessons Learned (2:36)
Mary Ann closed the interview with life lessons
she learned during her
journey of migrating
from the Philippines to the U.S.
Mary Ann and her whole family on
Christmas Eve in 2002.
last revised:
5-14-12
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