Puerto Rico Interview Paper

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Interviewee’s First Name: Angel Interviewee’s country of origin: Puerto Rico Interviewee’s native language: Spanish

The person I chose to interview for the interview project was 65-year-old Angel from Puerto Rico. He’s the kind janitor working for Parks and Recreation for my city park and my coworker and friend.

The first question I asked Angel was “When did they come to the United states?”, he joked that he came here similar to most immigrants and came to America via a boat about 30 years ago. Following up I asked him If there were any significant cultural difference they encountered between his native country and the US? “When I first came here I found the grocery

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