Biographical Interview: Extra Credit Assignment

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For the biographical interview extra credit assignment I interviewed my friend Steven. Steven is a twenty-year-old junior studying communicative disorders at Cal State University, Fullerton. He was born and raised in Placentia and has lived there all of his life. A proud resident of Placentia, Steven would like to stay at Placentia the rest of his life because of the nice weather, the peaceful environment and because all of his family and extended family live in close proximity to him. Steven has strong family connections that are shown by his parents naming him after his grandfather. This was also shown when he answer the question “If you won the lottery, what is the first thing you would do?” The first response he gave was to pay off his

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