What’s your arrival story? | KCET
What’s your arrival story?
Los Angeles is one of the most diverse places on the planet: more than half of L.A. residents speak a language other than English at home, and at least 60% of children in Los Angeles County have at least one foreign-born parent. It’s also a desirable destination for people from all over the United States. Whether we, our parents, our grandparents or our ancient ancestors made the move, everyone has an arrival story or two to tell.
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Antonio Sacre: "I went all in, and I lost. Was it worth it?"
Antonio Sacre tells the story of how he followed a woman to L.A. with a 50/50 chance at happiness.
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Máire Clerkin: "It was the perfect backdrop for the perfect romance."
Máire Clerkin tells her story of coming to L.A. and finding opportunity and sunshine.
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Trini Rodriguez: "Why do you need to go to college? All you're going to do is get married and have kids."
Trini Rodriguez tells the story of how she had to lose her family to find herself.
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Barbara H. Clark: "Marry him?! He'd never even said he loved me."
Barbara H. Clark tells the story of moving to L.A. and building a life in a great partnership.
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Telling L.A.: The Search for Home
In four segments, subjects are asked what brought them to Los Angeles.
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Alicia Escalante: From Teenage Runaway to Leading Chicana Activist
Her voice roared across audiences and moved mountains.
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Hirokazu Kosaka: From a Buddhist Monastery in Japan to an Art Legend
Los Angeles-based artist's work is defined by his upbringing in Japan as a monk at an 800-year-old Buddhist monastery.
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Jess Espanola: From Hungry in the Philippines to a Simpsons Emmy
Jess Espanola, born and raised near poverty in the Phillipines, uses his extaordinary talents to move to Los Angeles and win an Emmy for the Simpsons.
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Brett Goldstone: He Left Law School in New Zealand and Found Himself at the L.A. River
"I was actually a cartoonist illustrating for L.A. Reader and the Weekly and the L.A Times when I first came. Did that for about a year but it was a lot of work and not a lot of money."
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