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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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1, My grandparents(Reading tales for me when I was a kid.)

2, AP seminar teacher Mr. Cicoria.

3, Being a official TED Talk translator.(From English to Mandarin)

4, All my friends in high school.

5, Video games

6, My mother(Helping her to communicate with salesman, from French to Mandarin)

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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. Eye exams

2. Watching older sister record herself reading books

3. Moving to Australia in 6th grade and mispronouncing words when reading aloud in class

4. Teaching my daughter to read

5. Well-read friends

6. Two month recovery from surgery

7. My uncle Bob's weird home library

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1. EPQ (I learned and wrote my first proper essay in this course)

2. High school writing class

3. My TOEFL tutors

4. Nature documentaries I watched when I was little

5. My mother (we usually read together on weekends)

6. Shows on Netflix

7. Playing video games with my friends

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1. My TED Talk coach

2. A worker at a shelter for stray animals （Adoption in lieu of sale）

3. Watch the court

4. WeChat

5. everyday News

6. public Libraries

7. cafe club

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1. Weekend English courses

2. High school and middle school friends

3. TV Shows and Cartoons

4. Translating for my parents

5. Video games

6. Public Library

7. Reading lessons with a family friend

8. News or stories that my mom sends me

9. Social media

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1. American Canyon Library - free computers available and free books with a library card. Also attending reading time when I was little

2. Revival Center Ministries (My church) - During children’s church they had students read aloud different text in the bible which helped develop my reading skills

3. Boy and Girls club Ford Essay Writing contest

4. My mom and dad - they read to me every night as a child

5. Playing with kids around my neighborhood

6. The Boys and Girls club

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1. TV Shows and Cartoons( I have learned a lot words and math when I am watch them.)

2. The book corner at my old home

3. High school ELD class

4. Video games

5. Bilibil(an app that post video)

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My friends from high school

Video games

Social media

My older sister (would read books to me)

Learning Japanese with my sister

My elementary school library

Disney Movies (specifically Beauty and the Beast)

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1. BILIBILI, a video APP like YouTube, and video uploaders on that APP.

2. Parents

3. My primary school teacher Mr.Bian(also other teachers but he is the one that affected me the most)

4. news on TV

5. Many Many after class courses

6. high school volleyball team

7. The club I joined during high school

8. My uncle

9. My grandparents

10. All of my friends

11. Video games I played

12. The coach of the Taekwondo team in my primary school

13. miniature/model

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1. My mother. She is my first teacher , the one who held my hand and taught me to write.

2. My dad he taught me how the world deals.

3. My grandmother- She taught me to cook

4. My aunt- She is the one who brought me to then States.

5. My uncle- He taught me to handle my finances

6. my Boyfriend taught me to never give up

7. my best friends showed me what real friendship looks like

8. my Yoga instructor taught me how to find peace in yourself.

9. my school teachers who are the pillar for my educational journey.

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1. My mom

2. All of the authors of the books I've read

3. My school

4. The public library

5. Comics in the newspaper

6. Offline word matching games

7. Harry Potter movies

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1. My middle school English teacher

2. One of my favorite animated series-family guy

3. YouTube video

4. TED talk video

5. My high school TOEFL teacher( listening)

6. My exchange buddy from Australia (Candy)

7. Social media

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1. My high school teachers/counselor

2. My mom and uncle

3. School in general

4. Social media

5. Books

6. Soccer team in high school

7. High school student government committee.

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1. My elementary Spanish-English bilingual school

2. Pixar Movies

3. Watching Cartoon Network with my cousins

4. Siblings teaching me English as they were learning English

5. English-Spanish history courses/AVID in middle school

6. Library trips with my mom and younger sister

7. Soccer teams

8. Mr. Tierney guiding me through essays such as PIQs during high school

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1. Various YouTube videos

2. Elementary school teachers

3. Middle school teachers

4. Text books in schools

5. Pixar Movies

6. High school teachers

7. Pass essay assignments

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My schools library growing up

My mom reading books to me every night when I was learning how to read

Getting at least one book every Christmas

my friends reading with me

Translating for my parents

many favorite books.

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-my mom

-my college app

-miku

-SAT test(force me to study)

-Indian dude on youtube

-khan academy for sure

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1. My mom, dad and grandma

2. My friends from high school and online

3. Social Media

4. Many dorm parents from my high school

5. Books I read before

6. Some movies

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1. Highschool English course teachers

2. SAT Tutor

3. Teaching my sister english

4. Chat with my American friends

5. Books I read for class discussions

6. Social media

7. Netflix