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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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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.

Teaching my daughter to read

Foot surgery

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- Youtube: Crash Course
- Friends: Tutors/Advice
-Counsilors: Academic Advice
-Parents: Advice
-Teachers: Academic
-Media/Movies: Morality
-Books: Morality/Fantasy Entertainment
-Community Service: social interactions

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1. Super Why as well as Barney & Friends
2. Cars 2
3. Middle school spelling bee
4. Summer reading program at my local library
5. Writing an essay for a scholarship
6. Story time during kindergarten
7. Translating documents and texts for my parents
8. Book about investments that my grandpa gave me when I was 7
9. Reading Harry Potter
10. Soccer tactics I had to learn
11. My job which required me to use Spanish and English
12. My mom reading a Cat in the Hat book
13. Dr. Jirn, my high school English teacher

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1. Word World
2. Word Girl
3. Ms. Hoppe, high school English teacher
4. Judy B. Jones books
5. Translating English to Spanish for my parents
6. AP Seminar and Research essays
7. Music
8. Maya y Miguel cartoon show
9. Writing essay for college applications and scholarships
10. Books (Moby Dick, Into the Wild, etc)
11. Social Media
12. Word Search puzzles

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- SGV
- My middle school teachers (Arthur, Ventrella, and Chen)
- Freshmen English in high school with Mr. Chu
- My family
- Translating
- Music
- My friends
- Dubbed movies/shows from my childhood
- TVB, Qubo, PBS kids
- Youtube
- Books (from youth to adult)
- College applications

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1.My grandfather told me stories and sang us his childhood songs
2.Friends
3.Social media
4.Family
5.Middle school teachers(Mark Vega Mrs. soares, Mrs. Ortiz)
6.High school teachers( Mrs. Zimmerman, Mrs.Santillian, Mrs. Dodson)
7.High school baseball(gave us plays and signs to remember
8.Movies/shows
9.College applications
10. My job that uses communication skills(English)
11. Youtube
12.Football(required to remember plays)

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- Attending church
- Reading in school
- learning new languages
-reading story books
-subtitles from movies and disney shows i.e sophia the first, jake and the never land pirates etc.
-practicing the multiplication with my grand mother
-story times after dinner with my grand father
-sports and extracurricular activities
-reading things written on random stuff for fun with family and so many more

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1. Strategy and Puzzle Games
2. Family
3. Physical Books
4. Internet
5. Informational YouTube Videos
6. Documentaries
7. Middle school and high school teachers (Mr.Harrison, Ms.Chang)
8. SpongeBob
9. Online books
10. School
11. Tutoring Programs
12. Volunteer Services
13. Friends

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1. Word World
2. My kindergarten ESL advisor Mrs. Anna
3. Starfall and Funbrain
4. Qubo and PBS
5. Youtube
6. Translating letters for my parents
7. Geronimo Stilton Books
8. Solano summer reading program
9. Story time in elementary school
10. Music
11. English 12 teacher Mrs. Smith (gave us freedom in writing by giving us unusual assignments)
12. Social media
13. Word searches

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1. Word World (cartoon)
2. Translating (english to spanish)
3. Grandparents/Family (telling family stories)
4. Tutoring
5. Upward Bound
6. EAOP
7. Middle school teacher (Mr. Ruiz)
8. High School English teacher (Mr. Lucas)
9. Folklórico (culture/tradition)
10. Attending church
11. ASB/Leadership/Linkcrew
12. College apps essays
13. The Boxcar Children (books)
14. Work (communication/translation)
15. Girls Inc. & Youth Inc.
16. Community service (communication)

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- Dora the Explorer
- Church
- Michelle Obama Library
- Addams Elementary
- Super Why
- Martha Speaks
- Part-time job
- The YMCA
- Social media
- The Alchemist
- Summer reading program
- Dr. Seuss
- Journaling
- Being a translater
- Music

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1. My mom reading to me in spanish
2. Thanksgiving at my aunts when we would pray.
3. Video games
4. Translating from English to spanish for my parents.
5. Football plays I memorized.
5. Word World Cartoon.
6. Go Diego Go and Dora.
7. Texting people in general.
8. Helping my sister on her homework.
9. Watching movies with captions on.
10. Playing soccer my whole life
11. Watching and learning about gym equipment

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- Dora the Explorer
- Church
- Michelle Obama Library
- Addams Elementary
- Super Why
- Martha Speaks
- Part-time job
- The YMCA
- Social media
- The Alchemist
- Summer reading program
- Dr. Seuss
- Journaling
- Being a translator
- Music/ lyrics

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- Public Library + Summer Reading Challenge Event (to read a certain amount of books or chapters during summer and get a prize for each milestone)
- Kid's TV Shows (Word Girl, Martha Speaks, Sesame Street, Super Why, Barney)
- Older Sisters
- Reading Webtoons
- Watching anime subtitles
- Not being able to speak my native language well
- Diaries
- Books (The Babysitter's Club, Wings of Fire series)
- Reading to elementary kids
- My 9th grade creative writing teacher (Ms. Vaughn)
- Making my own stories
- College Track Program
- College and scholarship applications
- Reading other people's essays/ pieces of writing

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1. Dora the Explorer
2. High School English Teachers
3. Eye Exams/Glasses
4. Upward Bound
5. Tutoring
6. Public Libraries
7. Free Book Exchanges
8. Book Clubs
9. Duolingo/Language Apps
10. PBS Kids
11. Audiobooks
12. Youtube
13. Spongebob
14. Daily Planner
15. Social Media
16. Video Games
17. Peer Reviewing Others Works

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- Sid the Science Kid, Word World, Dora the Explorer
- Word Search and other activity books
- Diary of a Wimpy Kid
- 1st grade tutor
- 11th & 12th grade teacher (Mr. Napier & Mr. DiBrita)
- Attending Mass
- Practice writing scripts
- Disney & Pixar films
- Personal Documents
- Historical & Informational Articles
- Politics in school and family
- Work (Deloitte, Sutter Health, SOS Meals on Wheels)
- Presentations and Seminars

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-Side the Science Kid, Dora the Explorer
-Harry Potter
-Disney and Pixar Movies
-Music
-Social Media
-Movies with subtitles
-Internet
-Translating
-My family and Friends
- Middle school spelling Bee
-Reading in school
-Volunteer Services
-World world
-Online books
-The Boxcar Children