Skyline College North San Mateo County Oral History
Archives, Skyline College Library
Student
Project LSCI 110
– Digital Oral Research Project, Skyline College
An Interview with Lynda Salas Torres
Interview by Genevieve
Torres Tiangco
Click on the links below to hear audio segments from an April
2008
Table of Contents:
1. Introduction
3. Growing Up In the Philippines
4. Age Linda Left the Philippines
5. Linda’s Reason for Leaving the
Philippines
6. Linda’s First Impression of the United
States
7. Did Linda Know Anyone in United States
8. Where Linda Settled When She Arrived in
United States
9. Linda’s Life Experience In The United States
10. Linda Talks about Life in the
Philippines vs. Life in the United States
11. Linda’s Recommendation for Filipinos
& Filipino Americans
Who Are Struggling In the United States?
Introducing Lynda S. Torres
Segment 2
Linda’s Family
Background (21sec)
Where
Linda grew up, how many siblings she has.
Starting top left to right is, Bong Torres,
Ricardo Torres, Ramon Torres, Boy Torres, Rick Torres
Bottom left to right is
Quintina S. Salas, Ponciano Torres, Leonila Torres Bruce, & Linda S. Torres
Segment
3
Growing Up In The
Talks
about her experience in the
Segment 4
Age Linda
Left the Philippines (15sec)
Segment
5
Linda’s
reason for leaving the Philippines (34 sec)
Linda shares her experience, strength and hope.
Linda with
her 3 girls and grandson
Mrs.
Malynne Torres Gonzales, Genevieve Torres Tiangco,
Ruschelle
Torres O’Donohue & Eugene Torres Escueta
Segment
6
Linda’s
First Impression of the
U.S (1.16 MB)
Linda speaks about how she
adjusted and her
Segment 7
Did Linda know
anybody when she arrived in U.S. (36 sec)
Linda speaks about networking and who she knew in
Mothers Day
Malynne
Torres Gonzales, Leonila Torres Bruce, Ruschelle O’Donohue,
Lynda Salas Torres, Quintina Salas Torres
and Vickie (Linda’s Friend)
Segment
8
Where Linda
settled when she arrived in United States (21 sec)
Linda tells us we
she lived when she arrived in the U.S.
Segment
9
Linda’s
life experience in United States (49 sec)
Linda shares what life
was like for her in Unites States
Linda’s life in the Philippines Vs. life
in the United States
Linda tells us how different it
life in the Philippines compare to the United States
Linda’s
recommendation for any Filipinos & Filipino Americans
Who are struggling in the United States today.
Nothing in life should bring you
down…
The solution is…
Additional Photos of the Family…
last revised: 5-3-08
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