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

Immigrating to the United States: Marlyn Opilas

Click on the links below to hear audio segments from an April 2010 interview

by Jodi Dequis with Marlyn Opilas,

who immigrated to the United States as a young child with her whole family.

Marlyn Opilas sitting in her living room.

Table of Contents:
1. Life in the Philippines
2. Life in the United States

3. The Hardships

4. Philippines vs. United States

5. Keeping the Pilipino Culture Alive

Segment 1
Life in the Philppines (1:31)
Marlyn speaks about the life she remembered in the Philippines before leaving for the United States.

She lived in Pangasinan, Philippines.

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Segment 2
Life in the United States (4:41)
How her life changed when she came to live and settle in the United States.

Marlyn and my mom, one of her best friends.

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Segment 3
The Hardships (1:56)
The hardships she and her family faced, especially her mom.

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Segment 4
Philippines vs. United States (3:12)
The difference between her life in the Philippines and living in the United States.

Philippine Flag and American Flag

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Segment 5
Keeping the Pilipino Culture Alive (1:51)
The ways she keeps in touch with her Pilipino culture.

Mano po: showing respect to elders by taking the hand to the forehead

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Image sources:

Philippine map: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/20/Ph_locator_map_pangasinan.png

Flags: http://bakitwhy.com/bw-assets/images/philippines_american_flags.jpg

Mano po: http://elijah_matthew091282.blog.friendster.com/files/mano_po.jpg

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last revised: 5-13-10
by Eric Brenner, Skyline College, San Bruno, CA
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