My name is Sandy Hoang and I’m a first year economics and
accounting major. I am from Rosemead, a small city in LA County. I am part Chinese
and part Vietnamese. I can speak the
languages Cantonese and a little bit of Mandarin, but not Vietnamese at all. My
parents both know Vietnamese, but never spoke it with me. My mom was pregnant
with me when she was still in China after marrying my dad. Then one month
later, my dad sponsored her to immigrant over to the United States and they met
up in New York. My dad had already come over to the US since he was able to do
so legally, but not my mom. My parents stayed there for a couple of months and
were debating on whether to stay in New York or move to California, where most
of my mom’s relatives were. They ended up choosing California because they
thought it would be a better place to live and a couple months after that I was
born. My mom ended up giving birth to me exactly on Thanksgiving after dinner.
From then on, I grew on in Rosemead and finally graduated from San Gabriel High
School. In high school, I was on the swim team for all four years. Before
joining, I did not know how to swim at all, but I really wanted to learn so they
taught me. It was very difficult learning all the four strokes and diving, but
I pushed through and put all my effort into it. Through a lot of hard work and
time, I ended up swimming varsity my junior and senior year. My best stroke was
breaststroke and a little of freestyle. I really loved swimming and being in
the water all the time. It has really motivated me both physically and mentally
in life.
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