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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.

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1. My parents which had me translate English to Chinese for them because they were not fluent in English.
2. My highschool history teacher which introduced me to college writing
3. Student Government
4. Going to my local public library when I was younger and borrowing my favorite types of books (fantasy)
5. Scholarships
6. Highschool AP Language and Composition teacher (engraved the rhetorical writing style into my brain)
7. Religious Christian based elementary through middle school experience
8.  Watching documentaries on Youtube and Netflix

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Mother

Ms. Moffett (highschool)

Ms. Tang (highschool)

Friends

Watching PBS kids

ELD during elementary school

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- Mr. Cano (high school)
- Mr. V (high School)
- mom and dad (read to me when I was little)
- Documentaries on Netflix
- Mr.McCarthy (AP Psych teacher in high school)
- Public library (I would go and read books during the summer, specifically the Percy Jackson books)
- Boys and Girls Club
- After School Program in Elementary school

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- My aunt (she tutored me and my sister when we were young)
- My dad (he read us bedtime stories every night as a child)
- My older sister
- The Harry Potter book series
- Mr. White (high school teacher)
- Song Lao Shi (high school mandarin teacher)
-  watching sesame street as a kid

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- PBS kids & Qubo shows
- Older sister's mini bookshelf
- Bilingual classes in elementary school
- Ms. M (elementary)

- Percy Jackson & The Magic School Bus series

- Public library summer readings
- SAT prep classes
- Ms. David & Mr. B (high school)

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- Ms. Allen (High school)
- Ms. Harrington (High school)
- Ms. Huerta & Ms. Blanco (Combined class(High school)
- Friends
- Drama Class Elective in a summer program
- Sisters (asking for help on their homework)
-Translating for my parents
- Khan Academy
- Watched PBS Kids when I was younger (Super Why!, The Electric Company, etc.)
- Student Government in high school
- My mentor Ankur (imentor/PSP)

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My parents (always used to read to me)

Short story contests in elementary school

Bananagrams

School and public libraries

J.K. Rowling

Disney Channel

Music teachers

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- My parents
- My siblings
- My friends
- My extended family
- Ms. Jensen (high school)
- Mrs. Coffee (high school)
- Soltero (my soccer coach/high school math teacher)
- Sesame Street
- Backyardigans
- Just Mercy by Bryan Stevenson (one of my favorite books as of now)
- Grimm's Fairy Tales (favorite book as a kid)
- Soccer (forced me to effectively communicate as team captain)
- Music

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- Takahashi Juku (Tutoring which I took from 4th grade to 7th grade)
- Achieve3000 (Elementary School Reading/Literacy website)
- Public Library (I would go to find books I couldn't find online)
- Rick Riordan (Percy Jackson and Kane Chronicles)
- 39 Clues
- Erin Hunter (survivors, warriors, seekers)
- James Dashner (Maze runner)
- Eric Nylund
- School Book Fairs

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- My parents who would read to me especially my mother who sat down with me and helped me with anything I was struggling with
- My older sister who would proofread my essays
- My best friend (always send each other poems and talk about it)
- Mr. Barrett (my high school English teacher)
- Geronimo Stilton books (favorite book series as a kid)
- A Series of Unfortunate Events (favorite book series in middle school)
- Reading Incentive (program in elementary school where if we read enough books we would get a prize)
- Music (Piano lessons, choir class, bass guitar)
- Confirmation
- My first job (worked as an Administrative Assistant)

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~The dual immersion program in my elementary schools
~My family because I had to learn both Spanish and English to communicate with them and in school
~PBS Kids (specifically Wild Kratts, Arthur, and Maya y Miguel)
~Goosebumps
~Junie B Jones books (my second grade teacher for English read them every Friday)

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- Grandma, she read bedtime stories when I was a child.
- High school English teachers. (I have three English teachers from 9-12 grade. All of them are wonderful and they shared a lot of reading experience that really helped me.)
- Documentaries I watched with my dad
- Movies
- Friends

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-My parents
-My roommates from middle school
-My host family(Canada)
-Mrs. Lily(High school)
-Dictionary
-Google translate
-Music
-Movies
-My part time job last year
-Mr. Eason(High school)
-GAC(Global Assessment Certificate Program)

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1. My parents would be my first sponsors, growing up with an Indian background and then coming to America isn't easy so having them transition and then passing both cultures on to me.
2. Friends are my second one, America faces their own challenges such as racism and being Asian within a white community become very hard especially those who are racist. However, growing up with a diverse friend group helped me overcome these challenges
3. Teachers would play a huge role as a sponsor as their teaching of American education is what got me here so far.
4. My sister is a huge one as growing up with her helped me learn and understand what it means to be a friend and brother
5.  FBLA is a school activity which I am able to learn about business and how teamwork is a key factor when working for a company, or how treating and cooperating with employees is also a huge factor
7. Cartoons such as regular show and SpongeBob taught me modern American culture and how these shows are presented for you

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- My parents
- Many mansions ( a place I volunteered at)
- Grandparents
- Mr. Hall (high school teacher)
- Coach James (high school golf coach)
- AJGA (junior golf organization I played in)
- Chris Mayson (golf swing coach)
- Khan academy

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1. My grandmother
2. My father
3. Spacetoon channel
4. Barbie movies
5. Bedtime stories
6. Majid comic book
7. Sesame Street
8. Barney

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1. My parents
2. Ms. Garrison (my fourth grade teacher)
3. Disney Channel
4. Middle school friends
5. My older sister
6. ELD in elementary school
7. Movies
8.Music

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1.  Listening to audio books of The Chronicles of Narnia in the car
2. Writing down phrases in my arabic journal I heard from my dad and grandparents as a kid
3. Percy Jackson and the Roman, Greek, Egyptian Mythology Books
4. Mr. Berthiaume (high school)
5. MacIntosh- my high school soccer coach and current teammate
6. Working as an assistant soccer coach for three years

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- My aunt
- My grandpa
- Ms. Pires (4th grade teacher)
- My Dork Diaries book series
- Disney Channel
- Mr. Sangameswara (proofread my PIQs)
- SAT classes

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-My mom
- My brother is a sponsor because he reads a lot of self care books
- I am a sucker for environmental documentaries
-I watch a lot of youtube and I have found some sponsers that help with self-care or self improvement