Sunday, June 2, 2013

Rowena Triunfante

Rowena Caraan Triunfante 

Rowena Caraan Triunfante is the mother of my best friend Nico Triunfante. She came to America when she was five years old, but settled here when she was six years old. She has been living in the San Francisco-Daly City area for about 40 years and is now an assistant of a merging company, Bain & Company. She lives with her own family: her husband Antonio, son Nico (20), daughter Sabrina (17), and their dog Toby. 
In her interview, she talks about her story of how she moved to America, the differences between living in America and living in the Philippines, and how she first viewed the United States through American media.

Segments

1) Rowena's Story: Coming to America
2) America v Australia
3) Homesickness
4) Raised in America v Present Day
5) Her Impressions on America from the Media

 

Rowena's Story: Coming to America

She describes the journey of how her father first came to America and how it was like to move here.

 


Rowena with her parents on her wedding day
 

 

America v Australia

She explains why her father decided to move to America rather than Australia

 

 

Homesickness

She describes what it was like living in the Philippines


Raised in America v Present Day

Rowena compares what it was like living in the United States when she first moved here to her own children living in America today.




Throwback photo of Rowena with her husband, son, & daughter

 

Her Impressions on America from the Media

She describes her impressions of the United States from what she saw while watching American television shows