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

The Vice Mayor : Santos Fumera

Click on the links below to hear audio segments from an April 2011 interview by Mark Torres Fumera with Santos Fumera,
his father who immigrated to the US in 2001.

Santos Fumera circa 2006

Table of Contents:
1. Early life and family
2. College

3. Politics

4. Immigrating to the US

5. Jobs in the US compared to jobs in the Philippines

6. Land of Opportunity

Segment 1
Early life and Family
Santos Fumera mentions his upbringing in the Philippines.

Our home in San Roque, Bulusan, Sorsogon, Philippines

Segment 2
College 
My father’s choice in majors in college

Segment 3
Politics 

Segment 4
Immigrating to the US 
His thoughts about him immigrating to the US many years ago. 

Segment 5
Jobs: US and the Philippines 
The differences in jobs in the US and the Philippines

Segment 6
Land of Opportunity
My father’s thoughts on America