Family History by https://padlet.com/1029005/wpy09yf4hm2 How my family came to America en-us 2018-05-03 18:09:41 UTC 2026-02-24 17:00:57 UTC hello@padlet.com How & why did your family come to the United States? 1029005 https://padlet.com/1029005/wpy09yf4hm2/wish/257792245 My dad was the first one to arrive and live here in the U.S. in our family.  He was petitioned by my grandfather - who also petitioned the rest of my dad's brothers. (1)]]> 2018-05-03 18:14:12 UTC https://padlet.com/1029005/wpy09yf4hm2/wish/257792245 1029005 https://padlet.com/1029005/wpy09yf4hm2/wish/257793712 From there, my dad petitioned my mom - leaving me back home with my grandmother and aunts, as I was born in the Philippines. (2)]]> 2018-05-03 18:17:12 UTC https://padlet.com/1029005/wpy09yf4hm2/wish/257793712 1029005 https://padlet.com/1029005/wpy09yf4hm2/wish/257795087
My grandma and my mother's side of the family raised me while my parents called every Sunday through Skype to catch up with their daughter's life somehow. (3)]]> 2018-05-03 18:20:10 UTC https://padlet.com/1029005/wpy09yf4hm2/wish/257795087 1029005 https://padlet.com/1029005/wpy09yf4hm2/wish/257795752 While patiently waiting for my family petition papers to finish processing, mom gave birth to my younger siblings - a brother and a sister. Both of them were born in the U.S. making them instantly an American citizen. (4)]]> 2018-05-03 18:21:48 UTC https://padlet.com/1029005/wpy09yf4hm2/wish/257795752 1029005 https://padlet.com/1029005/wpy09yf4hm2/wish/257796764
After several years, my petition papers were  approved and I walked through the LAX doors with my passport and luggage in hand to finally live with my family. (5)]]> 2018-05-03 18:24:17 UTC https://padlet.com/1029005/wpy09yf4hm2/wish/257796764 1029005 https://padlet.com/1029005/wpy09yf4hm2/wish/257797440 Just like any other immigrant families, my family came to live here to seek a better life and live the American dream. My parents wanted better opportunities, better job, and a better life for all of us. (6)]]> 2018-05-03 18:25:50 UTC https://padlet.com/1029005/wpy09yf4hm2/wish/257797440 What were the obstacles that they met? 1029005 https://padlet.com/1029005/wpy09yf4hm2/wish/257798529 First of all, the process of family petition is complex enough and requires a lot of financial support. So that was a major obstacle. Another one would be the housing. Once you move here, you're starting over back to square one.]]> 2018-05-03 18:28:07 UTC https://padlet.com/1029005/wpy09yf4hm2/wish/257798529 What was going on historically in the U.S. during this time and did it affect your family? 1029005 https://padlet.com/1029005/wpy09yf4hm2/wish/257799415 There wasn't really any historical event that affected my family when they arrived here in 1991.]]> 2018-05-03 18:29:54 UTC https://padlet.com/1029005/wpy09yf4hm2/wish/257799415 1029005 https://padlet.com/1029005/wpy09yf4hm2/wish/258388705 2018-05-07 03:18:29 UTC https://padlet.com/1029005/wpy09yf4hm2/wish/258388705 1029005 https://padlet.com/1029005/wpy09yf4hm2/wish/258392686 2018-05-07 03:58:03 UTC https://padlet.com/1029005/wpy09yf4hm2/wish/258392686 1029005 https://padlet.com/1029005/wpy09yf4hm2/wish/258392731 2018-05-07 03:58:30 UTC https://padlet.com/1029005/wpy09yf4hm2/wish/258392731 1029005 https://padlet.com/1029005/wpy09yf4hm2/wish/258406779 2018-05-07 06:08:24 UTC https://padlet.com/1029005/wpy09yf4hm2/wish/258406779