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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 older brother (introduced me to art, technology, etc.)

2. My mother (doing homework with me)

3. My father

4. My Grandfather (told stories about his past about nursing)

5. Watching Cartoon Network & TV shows like that as a kid with my sister

6. Going to a Catholic School (Going to church every Monday & Sunday)

7. Weekly Speech Classes (Learn how to speak away from my twin)

8. My Literature Teacher in middle school (Let me write and talk about my interests in writing)

9. Buying How 2 Draw Books at Micheal's

10. Playing video games w/ cousins

11. Board games w/ family

12. My French Teacher

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1. PBS Kids

2. My older sister (helped work on my essays with me)

3. Daruma No Gakko (Japanese summer school)

4. Playing word games on my mom's phone

5. Word searches

6. Piano lessons

7. My childhood friends (we role-played as school girls)

8. Cartoon Network

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1. My mom (encouraged me to read)

2. My sister (read a lot so I copied her)

3. My cousins (gave me their used books to read)

4. My APUSH teacher

5. Ms. Aasia (coordinator of my volunteering program where I did book reviews)

6. Tiktok/instagram (got me to start reading more)

7. My 6th grade teacher

8. My 9th grade English teacher

9. My 11th grade English teacher

10. Public library (it being close by and summer reading programs for prizes)

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1. My mom(Always giving me vocab flashcards and buying me books I loved)

2. PBS Kids(Loved Wild Kratts and Odd Squad)

3. Doctors at Mom's job(Always told me I had wonderful mind)

4. My English teacher (same for sophomore and senior year) always told me I had a powerful way with words.

5. Scholastic Book fairs(Seeing a lot of books was heaven for me)

6. Rick Riordan(Favorite Author)

7. Maya Angelou (Inspired my love for poetry)

8. Best friends (We love going to Barnes & Noble together)

9. My cousins(Taught me how to understand financial jargon)

10. First Gen Investors(Gave me financial literacy and made it easy to understand)

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1. my mom (always took me to the library and encouraged me)

2. Pleasanton Public Library (went every week as a kid and borrowed a bag full of books whether its novels or graphic novels)

3. Sesame street (interactive show I watched as a kid)

4. piano lessons with Regina

5. Literature and Social Justice teacher, Ms Keenan in my senior year (taught a lot about literacy and had a lot of detailed reading assignments)

6. word games in game pigeon (word hunt, ,anagrams, etc)

7. Writing and public speaking class I took as a kid

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1. My parents: read Chinese traditional stories when I was little, which made me love storytelling and language.

2. MacBook: use to write essays, read articles.

3. My glasses: help me read and write clearly.

4. boarding high school: develop me independently, manage time.

5. high school English teacher: force me to write jounal each week, improve my writing skills.

6. classmates and friends

7. video games

8. sports

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1. Reading books in my school library

2. Loved watching Doraemon

3. Comics by Raina Telgemeier

4. My mom and dad, who used to encourage me to read books

5. My 7th-grade English teacher

6. Book fairs at school

7. My grandmother taught me how to read, write, and speak in my native language

8. Playing Monopoly and other board games

9. Talking and being around my friends

10. Playing badminton and basketball

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1. my mom, she reads me a lot of stories, bought me any book a liked and stays by my side.

2. my primary school Chinese teacher, who offers me a lot of chances to express and show myself.

3. my best friend, supports me whatever happens.

4. my favorite books , taught me a lot.

5. international high school encouraged my to learn more about multiple cultures.

6. all classmates for listning.

7.sports

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1. Kumon Tutoring Center

2. Christian & Catholic Churches

3. Buddhist Temples

4. PBS Kids

5. Calvin & Hobbes

6. Diary of the Wimpy Kid

7. Vietnamese School

8. My mom (always taught me Buddhist customs)

9. My step-mom (Introduced me to attending church on weekends for a month)

10. My grandpa (A head-Buddhist monk who taught Buddhist ideals to me)

11. Video games (Introduced me to world building via lore)

12. Cool Math Games

13. Sesame Street

14. Octonauts (Taught me about marine biology)

15. Sports

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1. Tiktok (Booktok, suggested books to read)

2. My sisters' filled bookshelf

3. Afterschool

4. Mangas

5. Friends

6. Nicole Laeno

7. Movies

8. School

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1. My tutor (help me read and write)

2. Nickaldoan (watching kid learning cartoons)

3. My parents (Talking with my parent in Korean)

4. Church ( read the bible)

5. My high school English teacher (help me improve my writing skills)

6. Watching YouTube, Netflix, Disney, and Hulu (reading the English subtitles from Korean shows)

7. Computer (used to write assignments and read novels)

8. History Video ( Watching helps me learn how to pronounce some of the words in English)

9. typing websites

10. Video games

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1. Social Media; specifically Youtube & Tiktok(as a kid, and even now, I've always been hooked to social media; and I feel it has had a big impact on the way I talk especially with trending words)

2. Elementary Librarian(as a kid I was like obsessed with books it was actually crazy, like my parents had to beg me to stop reading and go to bed; then I went into elementary and had a good relationship with the librarian Mrs Amanda, and she allowed me to borrow wayyy more books than I should and I feel I did develop such good vocabulary much faster than my peers)

3. My Parents(with me being Ghanaian, my parents did play their part in wanting me to speak our native language, and so that did play a big part)

4. Song; specifically Rap(the type of slang used in rap has definitely played a part)

5. Church(reading the Bible and hearing the words the pastors would use during sermon/when praying)

6. TV(the shows I used to watch as a kid; Cartoon Network, Disney Channel, Nickelodeon, Boomerang, Food Network, WWE, CBS Reality etc)

7. My Friends(my friends are from all over the world, and with that comes with all types of accents, and I sometimes find myself code switching)

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1. Video Games

2. School

3. Soccer

4. Basketball

5. Wrestling

6. Afterschool center

7. Investors

8. Youtube videos on finances and day trading

9. Tiktok

10. Instagram

11. Weekly English class

12. Friends

13. Kumon

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1. Best in Class (tutoring)

2. Youtube

3. PBS

4. North Beach Public Library

5. Video Games

6. Friends

7. Family

8. Nickelodeon

9. The Internet

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1. My mom (read stories)

2. My dad (taught me to read the news)

3. School library (where I discovered chapter books and graphic novels)

4. PBS Kids (first shows that made learning fun and visual)

5. YouTube tutorials (taught me how to research and learn independently)

6. Social media (helped me understand how writing can influence people and trends)

7. Movies (introduced me to storytelling and character development)

8. Video games (expanded my vocabulary through dialogue, quests, and world building)

9. English teachers (shaped my writing style and reading habits)

10. Friends (learned new things from conversating)

11. Music lyrics (inspired me to analyze meaning and emotion through words)

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1.) PBS Kids (Super Why!, Word Girl, Sesame Street, etc.)

2.) My mom (forced me to read)

3.) PEL (tutoring center)

4.) Anime/manga (reading subtitles)

5.) Elementary Shakespearean Club (acted, learned instruments, etc.)

6.) Social media (reading post, making captions, bios)

7.) Homework (reading instructions, reread my essays, researching)

8.) My cousins (going to the library together)

9.) Elementary afterschool teacher (supported me when I was struggling)

10.) Dr. Seuss

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1. My parents (Would make me write and learn punjabi)

2. Kumon classes

3. Punjabi school

4. TV ads

5. TV shows

6. Monkey type (speed writing website)

7. writing class in elementary

8. National Geographic (taught me about animals)

9. Book reports

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1. The Hercules Library

2. My mom (homeschooled me and would read me stories)

3. My reading tutor

4. Mr. Dines (first history teacher I ever had really sparked my love for history)

5. The Fat Cat Sat on the Mat (my favorite story as a kid)

6. Wild Kratts (favorite show that actually taught me something)

7. Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory Reading Club