Project of the North San Mateo
County Oral History Archives, Skyline
College Library
Student project
for LSCI 110 – Digital
Oral Research Project,
“Making the Move: Marcela Duff”
Interviewer: Ciana David
English 165/LSCI 110
Click here to
read the research essay: “Post 1965
Filipino Immigration” by Ciana David
Click on the links below to hear
audio segments from a November 2004 interview by Ciana David with her
grandmother, Marcela Duff, about life during World War II, and immigration to
the
Marcela Duff came to the
(Marcela Duff revisiting the
1. As a Young Child in the Philippines
2. School Days
12. Life in Review
As a Young Child
in the Philippines
What life was like in the
How she was able to enroll herself into a
public school at the age of seven.
What life was like in the
How Marcela’s father died while he was a
Filipino guerilla helping the
What it was like to return from temporary
shelters to her hometown.
Attending a prestigious all girls college.
The family business was a small restaurant
name after her mother.
How my grandmother and grandfather met and
got married.
What is was like to leave your home and
children to pursue a better life.
Adjusting to life in the
Marcela speaks about raising five children
on her own.
How Marcela feels
about her life today.
(Marcela
Duff trying to snorkel in the beaches of
*These
audio files may be played with Windows Media Player or Real Player.
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Player, click here.
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last revised: 1-21-05
by Eric Brenner, Skyline College, San Bruno, CA
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the author and cite the source as:
North San Mateo County/ Skyline College Oral History Archives, Skyline College
Library.
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suggestions, email: Eric Brenner atbrenner@smccd.net