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My name is Ronnel. My parents were both born here in America. They are both first generation. My mom lived in both Mexico and  in the US. She went back and forth with my grandma who is undocumented as it was easy to do so back then. My mom ended up staying in the US as it was easier for her and her siblings to live out here in California rather in Mexico.

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My dads family came to the US from the Philippines after World War 2 as my great grandfather was in the Army. My grandpa was able to get US citizenship because my great grandfather fought for the US Army in the  Philippine scout organization. They came to the US because the Philippines got messed up because of the war.

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My grandparents from both sides were very hardworkers. My paternal grandma worked in a Psychward as a nurse, and it was crazy in there. She is very stern and strict to me and my cousins because of her mean nature but also because of her past job. My paternal grandpa worked as a farmer and construction worker. My maternal grandma worked also very labor demanding jobs like factory jobs. All of them always emphasize hard work and effort to my parents and my uncles Not all of them took their advice though.

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My mom went back and forth mainly to experience living in Mexico. She lived there for almost a year where she lived on a ranch for a little bit and spent most of the time in Puebla. She went back to the US and her and her family were very poor and she had to work at a very young age. She bounced around different apartments in Los Angeles. She met my dad in one of those schools like Lloyd in Los Angeles.

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My mom and my dad where very young when I was born. They weren't married and soon after they split up. It didn't really affect my childhood because it happened at a very early part of my life. They were both naive for not aborting me as they knew it would be tough to take care of me. But luckily my grandparents from both sides helped a lot to take care of me so it wasn't as difficult as it could have been.

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I lived with my mom and grandma in apartments in South Central. This area has mostly black and latino residents. I think in all the areas i've lived, ive always been surrounded by people of my ethnicity.

I remember eating a lot of struggle meals like eggs with sausage and rice and quesdillas. But I think young me would rather eat that than eat a lot of things i eat now

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I moved Lawndale in 2012 because my mom got a decent paying office job in Redondo and my grandma had already been working in El Segundo babysitting. Lawndale was right between both cities and it was cheaper than living in either. South bay is much nicer than the areas i was living in in south central. I dont think moving here had affected me at that point of my life, but it was farther than where a lot of my family lived which did make me a little anxious.

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Since moving to Lawndale my mom has now worked in areas that have predominantly white people. She has felt a lot of discrimination such as being underpaid compared to the rest of her employees. She ended up ignoring these problems however as she didn't want to cause any problems and wanted to keep her job as it was still good.

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In elementary, middle, and high school so far it hasn't been as difficult as it probably was for my parents. I haven't experienced many mishaps and it has been normal. I think all the things my family has been through as thankfully brought me to a comfortable childhood for me. I haven't had to work to help pay bills and survive.

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My parents both worked in the food industry at the time and quarantine left them both jobless. It was very hard for my mom since she is the only one who pays the bills but she was able to get a job because of opportunities presented to her.