I interviewed Mrs. Cecilia Paligutan who is an immigrant from the Philippines. Mrs. Paligutan is part of the typical “Filipino family” with her husband who had served in the United States military and used that to find a legal path for him to immigrate with her and their family to the United States. Though Mrs. Paligutan had faced similarly bad experiences of discrimination, hardship, and loss, she could not be happier with the United States. My goal of this interview is to see what exactly it is she values and how that relates to her immigration. Additionally, I am interested in looking into how, why, and what immigration affected in the lives of her grandparents as well as their lasting impacts on rest of her family.

Erikka Linn