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

Behind the Family Man: Edgardo Dualan

Click on the links below to hear audio segments from an April 2008 interview by Jean Paul Dualan
with Edgardo Dualan, who describes the hardships of living in America.

Edgardo and his youngest daughter, Kirsten

Table of Contents:

1. Introduction
2. East Coast and West Coast

3. Facing Prejudice and Recognition in the Newspaper

4. Fil-Am Community and Interracial Relationships

5. New York

6. High School in the Philippines

7. College and Studying to be a Doctor

8. Responsibility

9. Marcos and Martial Law

Segment 1
Introduction (1:15)
Edgardo talks about himself and his family.

Edgardo with his father, Anching, and his two sons, Jean Paul and Pierre

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Segment 2
East Coast and West Coast (1:13)
Edgardo talks about living in different areas of the United States and key differences in living in the West Coast and East Coast.

Edgardo in Los Angeles

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Segment 3
Facing Prejudice and Recognition in the Newspaper (1:00)
Edgardo talks about facing prejudice and getting recognition in the Newspaper as one of the youngest naturalized citizens.

Edgardo with his son, Pierre, and his mother, Seni

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Segment 4
Fil-Am Community and Interracial Relationships (1:17)
Edgardo speaks about the Filipino-American community in Florida and interracial relationships.

Edgardo with his son, Jean Paul

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Segment 5
New York (3:11)
Edgardo talks about education in New York and living in Brooklyn.

Edgardo enjoying a birthday with Jean Paul and Pierre

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Segment 6
High School in the Philippines (2:41)
Edgardo talks about finishing high school in the Philippines and speaks out on his opinion about English as the main language of instruction.

Edgardo and his wife, Maria, with their sons, Jean Paul and Pierre at a baseball game

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Segment 7
College and Studying to be a Doctor (1:28)
Edgardo talks about finishing college in the Philippines and his aspirations of becoming a doctor.

Edgardo and his sons, Jean Paul and Pierre, in San Francisco

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Segment 8
Resonsibility (0:56)
Edgardo talks about the responsibility of the eldest child.

Edgardo with his sons, Jean Paul and Pierre, and Garfield at Great America

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Segment 9
Marcos and Martial Law (3:15)
Edgardo talks about Martial Law in the Philippines and the impact of Marcos’s Oust.

Edgardo Dualan in his 1988 Toyota Corolla

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last revised: 5-29-08
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