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1. Video Presentation: Introduction of your interview project (5 minutes, informal) – Take a video of yourself. Report to the class.

a. Who did you interview?

b. How did it go?

c. What answers surprised you?

d. Did you learn anything new about this person?

e. What is the biggest take away or life lesson you received from this interview?

Hi everyone! I’m going to talking about who I’m interview and How did it go. The instructor assigned me to interview a person so I was inspired to take this chance to interview my nanny, mandy. She came to my house to took care of me and sisters for eight years. The interview did go very well. I learned a american dream story and how she immigrated to US. My nanny, like the majority of immigrants, came to the United States just over three decades ago in search of the American Dream: a prosperous life, not for herself but for her entire family, especially for her older brothers and sister. I was so shocked that she illegally crossed the border and travelled the desert by foot from mexico to san francisco. Shortly after her arrival, she began working as a housekeeper and nanny. Her older siblings were still in Mexico, so she was still sending her entire family all the financial assistance she could offer. She eventually saved up enough money to bring them to the states.

My nanny left her native land not only because of economic hardship, but also because of emotional and physical abuse by the patriarch of her home, a severe alcoholic and a known adulterer. My nanny escaped the brokenness of that life only to re-discover it in her marriage to another man and had two children. She refused to allow the difficult circumstances to dictate her children’s future. She fought back and for many years, not only as a street vendor but she also picked up a graveyard shift. She faithfully provided for her children and husband (when he was around) with home cooked meals and material necessities.

Today, thirty-one years later, my nanny has achieved the American Dream—no, not the house with the white-picket fence in the suburbs—but the opportunity to witness her children receive degrees and become professionals. Just this past week, she officially became a citizen of the United States of America. It was momentous day for her and her family because after many years of depriving herself to serve her family she finally did something for herself.

she’s such a strong woman. her cape is her apron and her superpowers are resilience and fearlessness.

I am tremendously proud of her, a courageous mother and wife who loves her family unconditionally—the quintessential immigrant woman.

The biggest life lesson I received from this interview is that every struggle in your life has shaped you into the person you are today. Be thankful for the hard times, they can only make you stronger.