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

 

 Mary Rose Arellano

 

Click on the links below to hear audio segments from an April 2012 interview by Cyra dela Cruz with Mary Rose Arellano, who came in the United States with her parents in 2008. The migration along the economic recession that year, affected their family financially and emotionally.

 

 

 

Table of Contents:
1. Migration
2. Concerns and expectations

3. Arrival

4. Economy

5. Homesickness

6. Filipinos in Daly City

7. Present

8. Overcome

 

 

Segment 1
 Migration in the U.S. (2:42)
Mary Rose talks about how she felt migrating to a new environment.

 

 

Mary Rose with his dad, Rey in the Philippines 2010

(First visit in the Philippines after migrating)

 

 

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Segment 2
Concerns and Expectations (3:10)
Mary Rose discusses her concerns and her expectations in the United States.

 



 



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Segment 3
Arrival (3:25)
She also discusses her thoughts when she first came in the states.

 

 

 

 

 

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Segment 4
Economy (2:35)
Mary Rose tells how she and her family was affected by the recession.

 

 

Mary Rose’s parents

 



 

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Segment 5
Homesickness (2:23)
Mary Rose explains how she felt the longing for home.

 



 

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Segment 6
Filipinos in Daly City (2:17)
She differentiate the Filipinos in Daly City and in the Philippines. Also what is like living as Filipino in Daly City.

 

 

 

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Segment 7
Present (1:39)
Mary Rose explains her family relationship now and her life currently.

 

Mary Rose and her family in NAIA in December 2010

 

 

 

 

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Segment 8
Overcoming (3:03)
Mary Rose explained how she overcame homesickness.

 

 

Mary Rose with her friends in February 2012

 

 

 

 

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last revised: 4-29-10
by Eric Brenner, Skyline College, San Bruno, CA
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