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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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-  Elmurst Library (Oakland ,CA)
- Books I had access to at home
- Dora the explorer
- Wild Kratts
- Daren Morgan (HS History Teacher)
- Sisters that tried their best to help me with school work
- Zoom (both good and bad experiences)
- Parents who always motivated me
- Netflix (used it as a distraction/procasinated)
- Tik Tok (also used as a distraction)
- Mr. Lam (Bio teacher, never gave out actual work/ didn't learn)

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1. My cousin (playing school as kids with a Crayola chalkboard)

2. Reading Junie B. Jones (A fun book series that caught my attention as a kid)

3. Catechism (A form of learning how to be Catholic, like a school)

4. Writing in my journals and diaries

5. Watching Nickelodeon shows (such as Blue’s Clues ,Team Umizoomi, Dora the Explorer, etc.)

6. Marysville public library (I went there when I was little)

7. My mom (a big inspiration, as she loves reading)

8. Newspaper comic strips (I thought they were silly and funny)

9. YouTube (distracting and informational)

10. Mrs. Bushnell (a teach who still haunts me in my dreams, didn't actually teach me anything)

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1. Maria Avila (elementary school teacher)
2. Wordgirl
3. Martha Speaks
4. Fancy Nancy
5. Lonée Lona (HS English Teacher)
6. Nivia Alvarado (HS History Teacher)
7. Domenic Kelly ( HS Science Teacher)
8. Listening to my mom's music to expand on my Spanish.

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1.  My mentor (discussed books with me)
9. Mrs. Rosa (bad at teaching)
2. Dairy of a Wimpy Kid (from when I was learning English)
3. My mother
4. Mrs. Sheets & Mr. Bond (middle + high school teachers)
5. Kristin Hannah (author of fav book)
6. My bible
7.  My cousin who gave me books
8. My library card from my school

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1. Grandma who has motivated me to go to college.
2. Dean Tsuyuki (11th-grade English high school professor)
3. Immaculate Conception Church in Monrovia CA (first communion class and conformation class)
5. Saxophone lessons with Mr.Limon
6. Sesame Street ( specifically Count Drac)
7.  Monrovia Public Library ( I received tutoring there).
9. Grandpa who taught me Spanish.
10.  Uncle who gave me my first game console.
11. Duarte High School
12. Beardsle Elementary
13. Dr. Brown (My Tutor)

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1.     My teachers provided me with the resources to get where I am now as a student.

2.     My mom thought me to value my education.

3.     Elmo and Winnie-the-Pooh, who helped me learn the basics such as ABC’s

4.     STEP, for giving me a chance to experience college.

5.     Mental Health Connections, for letting me work during the summer.

6.     My coworker Cat, who gave me a free NYC subscription.

7.     My Aunt and Uncle, they helped me out a lot.

8.     My cousins, who were my best companions.

9.     My best friend Kane who has been there for me and vice versa

10.  Google, some good information and a good way to prove someone wrong.

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- Sesame street

- my siblings

- wordle

- My mom

- Youtube (informational)

- Friends from SAC

- Instagram (kind of informational but mostly a distraction)

- Dora the explorer

-Junior year English teacher (Ms. Simonsen)

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1)My High School Advisor(Ms. Naomi)Helped me with my PIQs
2)My Mom(Pushed me to my full potential
3)School Helper(Daniel)Helped me as well on my PIQs
4)Nickelodeon(Blue's clues, Yo gabba gabba, Diego and many more)
5)Martin Luther King Library(allowed me to look at books)
6)Youtube
7)Greenleaf Elementary
8)My Dad(Showed me video games)
9)College classes(Showed me what to expect when going into college)
10)Music Class Middle School(Showed me how to play my first instrument)

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1. Mrs. Maria Ochoa (HS English teacher)
2. Mr. Robert Hamasaki (HS English teacher)
3. Writing as a hobby
4. Social media (i.e. Instagram, Snapchat, Twitter, YouTube, and more)
5. My parents who taught me their native language (Spanish)
6. Music (English & Spanish)
7. Translating documents and pieces of information
8. My family (speak both English & Spanish
9. CSU Fresno
10. My friends who are like family to me

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1) My High school teachers for my IEP accommodations helped me after class or during class with any work or even my PIQ's (Ms.Aylin)

2) My parents helped me push through lots of my work and gave me advice and helped me learn more information

3) Youtube was a source that also helped me and lots of social media like tik tok and Instagram

4) My college classes as well helped me know what to expect and know more about what to expect

5) A program called Y scholars in Berkeley helped me with my PIQs as well after school I would go there for a couple hours to get help

6) Different activities helped me learn how to draw better and write more

7) My friends if they knew more information would help me through any task I needed help with

8) The library was a good source to help me retain more information I needed

9) My family as well helped me if i had any lingering questions

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1. Magic School Bus novels/cartoons (informational cartoons)
2. Word World ( favorite cartoons)
3. Junie b. Jones (read a lot of these books since they were my favorite
4. PBS games
5. Wild Kratts
6. Schools Book Fair (seeing so many new books motivated me to read)
7. Cesar Chavez Library (loved going to the library and checking out books with friends)
8. Fairy Magic Book Series (favorite books as a kid motivated me to continue reading)
9. Social Media (I love watching people journal, motivated me to start journaling)
10. Jane Austen (favorite author)

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1. Esperanza rising (the first book I ever truly enjoyed)

2. My parents, siblings, family (push me to do many things such as being my best self)

3. Friends (helped me with any questions that they knew an answer to)

4. Dora the explorer (helped me learn english)

5. Youtube (lots of audio books, podcasts, etc.)

6. Instagram (very useful usually makes me motivated to do something when I see it being done)

7. High school spanish teacher (Mr. Ibarra) gave me a lot of support while going through the whole college process as I was the first in my family

8. Music class - Band - (started in 3rd grade and till now I have a great connection with)

9. HYLC

10. OHS

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1) Barnes and Nobles (Library to hang out, do homework, and discover new books)

2)Shows like Dora, Wild Kratts, and World Girl (Educational shows)

3) Youtube (Informational if I put my mind to it

4) Ang Probinsyano (Filipino shows that helped me understand my native language)

5) Church school (I learned more about my religion)

6) Friends who all spoke a variety of languages (Helped me get familiar with these languages)

7) Family (They helped me get familiar with my native language and I helped them get familiar with english)

8) Apps like Duolingo and Google Translate (Just some apps to help me understand other languages better)

9) Books like Goosebumps and Diary of a Wimpy Kid(The start of me reading books)