A Change for the Better: An Interview w/ Rosalinda Ochosa by Bernadette Turingan

The person I chose to interview for my project was my mother, Rosalinda Ochosa. She shared with me her experiences when she first came to America, adapting to a new culture, the first few jobs she ever had in America, living in a house full of relatives, her first initial feelings when she found out she was moving and how they have changed. The certain topics I wanted to focus on and ask her was the hardships she faced trying to raise children in America, whether or not she missed the Philippines and why she never went back to visit her homeland. 

List of Video Segments:

1. Backgound
2. Childhood
3. Why America? And When?
4. Settling In
5. A Warm Welcome
6. Finding a Job
7. Hardships & Raising Children in America
8. Missing the Philippines
9. Homesickness/Never Going Back
10. No Regrets

1. Background

Rosalinda gives insight on her family, where she came from and who she is.

2. Childhood

Rosalinda talks about her childhood, her experience and school and how her aunties helped provide clothes and school supplies for her when she attended private school.

3. Why America? And when?

Rosalinda shares her and her family's reasons as to why they chose to pack everything up and start a whole new life in America and when they decided to move.

4. Settling In

Rosalinda discusses her experience in settling in America, how she felt and how her and her family adapted to the new environment and culture.

5. A Warm Welcome

Rosalinda shares a story of when she was warmly greeted by her family when her and her brother arrived to America.

6. Finding a Job

Rosalinda reminisces on her first few jobs she obtained in America and how they all mostly revolved around customer service.

7. Hardships & Raising Children in America

Rosalinda gives us insight on the hardships she had to face, how she jumped over them and how it was a struggle to raised her children in  America because of how different it is from raising children in the Philippines.

8. Missing the Philippines

Rosalinda talks about what she misses about the Philippines and reminisces on the good times she had with her friends and family.

9. Homesickness/Going Back

Rosalinda talks about why she would and would not come back to the Philippines.

10. No Regrets

Rosalinda talks about how her life changed for the better and how she wouldn't have done anything differently because she's grateful for the life and family she has built in America.

(Rosalinda at her graduation from elementary school)

(A photo of Rosalinda in 1993 when she worked at Bank of America)