Living Life By Chrizelle Anselmo

Living Life by Chrizelle Anselmo 

I will be interviewing my mother Carmen D'Andria; she immigrated to America back in 1976.  Has not returned home to the Philippines since and she talks about how her life formed over in America since the day she arrived.

Table of Contents:
Life in the Philippines
Leaving the Philippines
First Impressions of America
Thoughts About America After: 10, 20, 30 years
Thoughts Then and Now About Living in the Philippines vs. in America

Life in the Philippines
**For the 1st segment, I had to record two separate videos since my camera died after the first batch of questions and Carmen finishes up her answer in the first few seconds of the 2nd video**

~Carmen shares how her life was before she moved away from the Philippines and what she liked about living in the Philippines~

Leaving the Philippines 

~Carmen shares her thoughts on immigrating to America and the reasons for why she decided to leave~

First Impressions of America 

~Carmen talks about her expectations when coming to America and answered whether or not those expectations were met~

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One of Carmen's trips to Disneyland after arriving to America 

Thoughts About America After 10, 20, 30 years

~Carmen begins the reflection process of her life in different increments of time from the first time she arrived in America~

Thoughts Then and Now About Living in the Philippines vs. in America 

~Carmen shares her final thoughts about her and the decisions she has made after leaving the Philippines~

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Carmen spending her time with me on my birthday