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Student project for LSCI 110
– Digital Oral Research Project, Skyline College
Rommel Fernandez’s Journey to America
Click on the links
below to hear audio segments from an April 2011 interview
by Anthony Chin with Rommel
Fernandez, who describes his life coming to America.
A recent photo of
Rommel Fernandez
Table of Contents:
1. Segment 1 Background
2. Segment 2: First neighborhood
3. Segment 3: Adjusting to America
5. Segment 5: College Experience
Segment 1
Background (50 seconds)
Background information on Rommel Fernandez
Rommel arriving at SFO airport
Segment 2
First area lived in
(1:10)
The first neighborhood he first lived when he
moved with his family.
This is San Francisco’s Mission District where he first
lived in
Segment 3
Adjusting to America
(1:26)
Rommel describes his adjustment as he comes to America.
Rommel in his Elementary class
Segment 4
Family Guidance (1:55)
Rommel is given guidance and advice growing
up.
Rommel and his father
Segment 5
College Experience (3:08)
Rommel describes how moving onto college has
affected him.
Seton Hall University where Rommel attended
Segment 6
Going back
(2:43)
Rommel talks about if he were to ever move back
or just to visit.
His hometown of Manila, Philippines
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