Skyline College/North San Mateo County Oral History Archives, Skyline College Library
Student project for LSCI 110 – Digital Oral Research Project, Skyline College

 Joannah Gammad

Click on the links below to hear audio segments from an April 2008 interview by Nicole Cruz
with Joannah Gammad, who was born in the Philippines and came to the United States as a child.

 

                                                                                                            Joannah Gammad

Table of Contents:
1. When, where, and how long did you stay in the Philippines?
2. Growing up in the Philippines as a toddler

3. Schooling in the Philippines vs. schooling in the U.S

4. Just knowing English

5. The reason why she decided to become a nurse

 

 

Segment 1
When, where, how long did you stay in the Philippines?

Joannah talks briefly about when, where, and how long she stayed in the Philippines.

 

A Map of Pangasinan

 

 

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Segment 2
How it was like growing up as a toddler in the Philippines

Joannah talks about what it was like living in the Philippines as a child.

 





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Segment 3
Schooling in the Philippines vs. schooling in the U.S

 Joannah talks about the difference between education in the Philippines and in the U.S.

 

 


    

 

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Segment 4
Just knowing English

Joannah mentions that she only know the English language and how it affected her life as a Filipina

 

 

Joannah’s Family in Pangasinan, Philippines

 

 



 

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Segment 5
The reason why she decided to become a nurse

Joannah talks about the medical field in the Philippines, her experiences and her decision of her career goal

 

 

 



 

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Image sources:


Map of Pangasinan:
www.contact.farms.sarmiento.biz

 

 

 

 

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last revised: 5-2-08
by Eric Brenner, Skyline College, San Bruno, CA
These materials may be used for educational purposes if you inform and credit the author and cite the source as: North San Mateo County Oral History Archives, Skyline College Library. All commercial rights are reserved. To contact the coordinator, or send comments or suggestions, email: Eric Brenner at brenner@smccd.net