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College/North San Mateo County Oral History Archives, Skyline
College Library
Student project for LSCI 110
– Digital Oral Research Project, Skyline College
Roel DeLaPeña
Click
here to read to read the research essay, “Connecting History”, by Larissa DeLaPeña
Click
on the links below to see
video segments from an April 2009 interview by Larissa DeLaPeña with Roel
DeLaPeña, who migrated with his family from the Philippines to America in 1969
at the age of six.
My Dad and I
at my 18th Birthday
Table of Contents:
1. Coming
to America
2. Why he came to America
3. Family
Segment 1: Coming to America (3:40)
Roel’s Journey from the
Roel at his
Preschool Graduation
Segment 2
Why he came to America (1:18)
Reasons why his family migrated to
Roel
with his cousin Aur
Segment 3
Family (1:45)
Memories with his Family
Roel
with his Parents and Sisters
Segment 4
Early years in America (4:52)
About his parents and experiences in
Roel
in High School
Segment 5
Life in New York (2:48)
Living in
Roel with
Aur, Butch, Nida, Jose and Louie
Segment 6
Moving
to California (1:59)
Why he moved to SF and why he stayed
Roel with
his wife Annette
Segment 7
Having Filipino Culture (4:44)
Teaching his children Filipino Culture
Roel’s
Family in 1998
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Last revised: 5-19-09
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