Personal Narrative: My Family Immigration
What is your name?
My full name in english is Andy Chang, and my chinese name is 张滔(Zhang Tao).
I do not think there is a meaning behind my english name. My parents told me that the reason they gave me the name “Andy” is because they wanted a name to be easily remembered and called.
How do you define yourself & WHY?
I consider myself as a Chinese racially, culturally, and ethnically. First, I am racially Chinese because my genetic is pure Chinese. My physical appearances are black hair, black eye, yellow skin, and many other factors that all Chinese have. I am culturally Chinese because I lived in China for most of my life. All my childhood memories and experiences happened in China, and it affected me a lot throughout my life. Secondly, what makes me …show more content…
And in order for me to understand American cultures and english before college, I decided to come to America in 2013.
My parents already knew each other before immigrating to America during the 1980s. It was my dad who came to America first for a better life, while my mom came to America later. Both of them became US citizens later on, and I will become a US citizen too when I am borned.
My dad lived in a small village in Guangzhou during his childhood years, then went to Hong Kong during his teenage years. After that he came to San Jose during the early 1980s, and then moved back to China during 1999. For my mom, she lived in a rich town in Guangzhou at the beginning. In her 18, her family seeked a better life opportunity by coming to the US. So my mother came to America during 1986.
Paste some pictures of your family AND a picture of at least one artifact from your family that is CONNECTED TO ONE OR MORE GENERATIONS into your document. The artifact could be a picture of your ancestors, or a keepsake/heirloom, or a recipe, etc. Put this into the Google
My full name in english is Andy Chang, and my chinese name is 张滔(Zhang Tao).
I do not think there is a meaning behind my english name. My parents told me that the reason they gave me the name “Andy” is because they wanted a name to be easily remembered and called.
How do you define yourself & WHY?
I consider myself as a Chinese racially, culturally, and ethnically. First, I am racially Chinese because my genetic is pure Chinese. My physical appearances are black hair, black eye, yellow skin, and many other factors that all Chinese have. I am culturally Chinese because I lived in China for most of my life. All my childhood memories and experiences happened in China, and it affected me a lot throughout my life. Secondly, what makes me …show more content…
And in order for me to understand American cultures and english before college, I decided to come to America in 2013.
My parents already knew each other before immigrating to America during the 1980s. It was my dad who came to America first for a better life, while my mom came to America later. Both of them became US citizens later on, and I will become a US citizen too when I am borned.
My dad lived in a small village in Guangzhou during his childhood years, then went to Hong Kong during his teenage years. After that he came to San Jose during the early 1980s, and then moved back to China during 1999. For my mom, she lived in a rich town in Guangzhou at the beginning. In her 18, her family seeked a better life opportunity by coming to the US. So my mother came to America during 1986.
Paste some pictures of your family AND a picture of at least one artifact from your family that is CONNECTED TO ONE OR MORE GENERATIONS into your document. The artifact could be a picture of your ancestors, or a keepsake/heirloom, or a recipe, etc. Put this into the Google