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1. Huntington Library and Gardens (in Pasadena, CA)
2. Archdiocese of Los Angeles (the Catholic Church of Los Angeles)
3. Girl's State
4. Homeboy Industries (Boyle Heights, CA)
5. The 1984 Olympics (held in Los Angeles)
6. My mother (with me at the Huntington Library below!)
7. My older sister (we played school)
8. Learning video games at my public library you got to play for FREE on the brand new Apple 2E computers donated by a new little-known company called Apple Computers (Where in the world is Carmen Sandiego? & Oregon Trail)
10. Public library (summer reading program where reading got you free pizza points!)
11. S.E. Hinton
12. Weekly piano lessons with Mrs. Crider
13. Dr. Williams (favorite undergraduate professor)

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1. My brother's Godfather, Lambros (told us stories & sang traditional Greek songs)

2. Playing Scrabble as a kid

3. Being translator for my immigrant parents, brother (before he learned English), and grandmother

4. basketball (coach gave us notebooks to learn plays)

5. Practicing my French when we would visit family in Montreal

6. Greek School (church)

7. Greek Mythology (giant book I read over and over)

8. Dr. Paul Goldstene (college)

9. Human Services 45 (an elective course where we tutored lementary school kids in reading)

10. Used to play 'school' with my neighbor, who was 1 year older than me. I was the student and she was the teacher (learned years later I was doing her homework)

11. Sesame Street & The Electric Company on Saturday mornings

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My grandfather's almanac

Full House (Thing before Fuller House)

Hollywood movie series on Friday nights (in Japan)

Essay writing contests (many Japanese school children participated in these as part of school curricula)

Friends from home

UCSB

My child's Spanish-English bilingual school

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-2 Grandmothers (pictured below at my college graduation) and their full journals and bookshelves
-being the only child meant being included in conversations as a peer, not a child
-community conversations
-Judy Blume
-Dr. Betsy Watson
-Jody Woodbury (HS English teacher) and Carl Woodbury (HS Gov't teacher)
-Thomas, my grandmother's Siamese cat (aka my best student)
-Reading Rainbow
-Sweet Valley High

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1. My parents taking me to the library
2. My grandparents telling me stories about their life in Vietnam
3. My brother introducing to new book series
4. Reading circle every morning during middle school
5. My Spanish teacher in high school
6. The countless amounts of manga that I've read over the past 4 years
7. The visual novels that I've discovered two years ago
8. Learning how to code through a book given to me by a friend
9. Reading news on stocks and technology
10. Listening to my father sharing his life lessons

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Eye exams.
Watching older sister record herself reading books.
First grade reading circles.
Moving to Australia in 6th grade and mispronouncing words when reading aloud in class.

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1. Mother taking my siblings and I to the public library
2. English Literature/Language Teacher (10th-12th grade)
3. Translating from Spanish to English & Spanish to English for my family and other non-spanish speaking individuals
4. Reading logs in Elementary School
5. Popcorn reading in highschool
6. Spring Quarter course: Cultural Anthropology
7. Scholastic Book Fairs

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1. Back in 5th grade, my friend introduced me to his favorite book series (Series of Unfortunate Events)

2. Having a library card as a kid

3. Nearest library being less than a mile away from me, so my mom would always take me

4. Really getting into reading over quarantine and buying my own books

5. Elementary teachers rewarding us for every book we would finish reading

6. My favorite middle school teacher

7. Always watching Dora the Explorer as a kid

8. Seeing how much Princess Belle enjoyed reading books

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1. having a library card as a kid
2. watching PBS Kids growing up
3. girls scouts
4. friends
5. in class reading growing up (popcorn reading/reading buddies)
6. reading logs & tests
7. my junior and senior English teachers
8. Disney movies

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1. My mom taking me to the library
2. My dad telling me to read more news articles
3. My sister always reading
4. The library giving out rewards for kids who read a certain amount of hours
5. My teachers recommending me books to read
6. Reading tests in middle school
7. PBS kid shows: Arthur and Curious George

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1. My grandmother (always played word games with me)
2. Words with friends
3. My mom (she made me read and write as much as possible)
4.) My tutor (needed one in 1st grade)
5.) My babysitter (I had one that would read with me when I was younger)

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- My mom and family encouraging reading from a young age
- local library
- elementary school in general given how much we read
- the internet (sometimes)

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1. My mom taking to me to the library and making me read books
2. My first grade teacher who spend extra time with me to help catch up on reading
3. Translating English to Spanish for my dad
4. Reading out loud in class
5. Watching Go, Diego, Go! and PBS Kids as a kid
6. Having a library card as a kid
7. Reading the Diary of a Wimpy Kid series growing up
8. Taking turns reading out loud with my mom as a kid

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1. My mom (she bought me a series of children's literature)
2. Bloggers (post original pomes or paragraphs)
3. Book store
4. English literature class
5. Summer school in Boston (learned poems and history)
6. Exams and writing assignments
7. Diaries and planning
8. Talk show

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1. PBS kids shows
2. Library books
3. English from school
4. Cantonese from parents and other relatives
5. The internet of modern times
6. Word games on imessage
7. Wordhippo for essays
8. Graphic novels from school library
9. Playing monopoly
10. Disney movies

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1. My twin sister reading books and making me read them so that she can discuss it with me
2. My mom's collection of children's books she'd read to me when I was younger
3. Ms. Aronson, my APUSH teacher
4. My church, St. Francis of Assisi Parish
5. Playing Word Cookies
6. My best friend who LOVES reading and writing
7. Elementary school TAG program
8. The FIFA World Cups
9. The Summer and Winter Olympics
10. 8th Grade Science Fair
11. My love for horses

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1. My mom/family encouraging book reading
2. Elementary school friends who would suggest books to read
3. School Required Readings
4. Webcomics
5. High School Art Class
6. Peers in High School
7. Scholastic Book Fairs in Elementary School
8. "My Side of the Mountain" Book

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-my mom reading to me as a kid

-Beatrix potter books

-going to the local library

-school book fairs

-going to the bookstore

-My high school English classes

-My friends

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1. My parents encouraging me to read early on.
2. Nene award summer reading lists
3. Sesame Street and other PBS Kids Shows
4. Youtube
5. Heavy book series: Percy Jackson, Harry Potter, Hunger Games.
6. High school English classes getting me re-invested in reading.
7. Old Cartoon Network shows: Adventure Time, Regular Show.
8. Anime/Manga
9. Friends and classmates

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School Libraries in my elementary school, junior high school, and high school - provided me lots of books to read

Cartoons, especially those made by Disney Channel and Cartoon Network - I love to watch them when I was little and I learned some basic English from them

YouTube videos - I like watch videos about science and vlogs, they helped me to learn some scientific words and words that are more close to real-life

Spotify and YouTube Music - when I hear some songs that I really like, I go to search for their lyrics

Disney movies - I love them since I was little

My family, teachers, and friends - I learn words when I communicate with people

Social Media - I read things on it every day

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- school libraries
- educational tv shows
- videos on internet
- reading
- school exams
- my mothers constant encouragement to read
- educational games / sites
- being my moms go to translator ( English to Spanish )

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1. My mother
2. My step-father
3. My father
4. My second oldest sister
5. My elementary school library
6. Marvel Comics (sorta)
7. Movie Trilogies based on books

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1: My parents always made me watch English or Hollywood movies.
2: I learned English in my school out side the States because English is not a first language in my Home country.
3: English music helped me a lot learn English.
4: My dad used to talk in English with me since my childhood.
5: My teachers helped me a lot in learning English.