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

 Princess Bustos


Click on the links below to hear audio segments from an April 2008 interview by Lotus Hsiao with
Princess Bustos, who is a member of the Filipino Community Center.

 

 

Princess Bustos outside the Filipino Community Center

 

Table of Contents:

1. Introduction
2. Background

3. Arriving to America

4. Upon Arriving to the New World

5. First Job and Managing to Survive

6. Present Day

7. Living the Life at Work

8. Job Expectations

9. The Help of the Filipino Community Center

10. Differences in the Community

11. Goals in the Future

12. Experiences That Have Helped

13. The End

 

 

Segment 1
Introduction
Introducing Princess Bustos and her interview

 

Princess when she was young

 

 

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Segment 2
Background
Princess’s background and history

 

Princess and her family in the Philippines

 

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Segment 3
Arriving to America
When Princess first arrived to America

 

American Flag

 

 

 

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Segment 4
Upon Arriving to the New World
How it was like for Princess when she arrived to the new world

State of California 

 

 

 

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Segment 5
First Job and Managing to Survive
Princess’s first job in America

                                                           

                                                                        Medusa at Six Flags Marine World

 

 

 

 

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Segment 6
Present Day

What Princess does now

 

Princess Bustos now

 

 

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Segment 7
Living the Life at Work
How Princess’s work life is

                                           

Proud to be a member of the Filipino Community Center

 

 

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Segment 8
Job Expectations
What Princess expects from her line of work

      

   It can get really busy like this office at the Filipino Community Center 

 

 

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Segment 9
The Help of the Filipino Community Center
How the Filipino Community Center helps the community

 

Working hard to make a difference

 

 

 

 

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Segment 10
Differences in the Community
What differences they make at Princess’s work

 

 

 

 

                                    The Filipino Community is always there to help and guide people in need of help

 

 

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Segment 11

Goals in the Future
Expectations in the future

 

 

 

                                                                                      Fulfilling goals

 

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Segment 12
Experiences That Have Helped
What has the Filipino Community Center done to help others

 

 

     

                                    Filipino Community Center is located in the Excelsior district of San Francisco

 

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Segment 13
The End
Things that Princess would like us to know

 

Princess Bustos happily working for the Filipino Community Center

 

 

 

 

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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.edu