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Milagros
Bustos
Click here to read the
research essay, “For
The Better”, by [Mark Cruz]
Click on the links below to hear audio segments
from an April 2012 interview by Mark Cruz with Milagros Bustos, who talks about
her thoughts about her coming and being in America.
Milagros was born and raised in the Philippines and
came to America as a tourist.
Milagros described America as a “Greener Pasture”
because of the different benefits America had to offer.
Table of Contents:
Segment 1:
life in the Philippines
Segment
2:Leaving the Philippines
Segment 3:
Arriving in America
Segment 4:
Hardships in America
Segment 5:
Benefits of living in United States
Life in the Philippines
Milagros
tells me basic information regarding her life in the Philippines.
A Photo of
Milagros that was taken while she was in the Philippines.
Segment 2
Leaving the Philippines
I asked Milagros
questions relating to how she was able to leave the Philippines and come to
America for the first time.
Photo of
Milagros taken in America
Segment 3
Arriving to America
I asked Milagros questions relating to her thought when she first
arrived in San Francisco.
Milagros
with friends.
Segment 4
Hardships in America
I asked Milagros about the hard things adjusting to being in America.
Milagros with
her cousin in San Francisco
Segment 5
Benefits of living in
America
Asked Milagros about the positive things about being in America and she
explains why she never felt homesick being so far from home.
Milagros with
family not long after coming to America for the 1st time.
last revised: 5-17-12
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