Alvin Lui
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Well, I think like most Americans, I've really took my hands off the wheel. I was born here. I was lucky to be born here. My great grandfather, he was an older man already when he left Mao's communism. And, you know, he owned two bakeries, not a rich man by any stretch, two very humble bakeries. And when Miles Redguard dragged him out and beat him, it wasn't soldiers.
They were college kids, high school kids, just like what we're seeing today across the country being developed in K through 12 and in colleges. And so when he came here, it was obviously very tough. You come here as an old man, you don't even know the language and you definitely try to make a life here because you know there isn't a life when communism comes.
They were college kids, high school kids, just like what we're seeing today across the country being developed in K through 12 and in colleges. And so when he came here, it was obviously very tough. You come here as an old man, you don't even know the language and you definitely try to make a life here because you know there isn't a life when communism comes.
They were college kids, high school kids, just like what we're seeing today across the country being developed in K through 12 and in colleges. And so when he came here, it was obviously very tough. You come here as an old man, you don't even know the language and you definitely try to make a life here because you know there isn't a life when communism comes.
So my father has always reminded myself and my siblings that He would always tell us when we were younger, if you can't make it in America, you can't make it anywhere. And like most Americans, I've really taken that for granted. I've been able to do a lot of other things in my life and not having to worry about it.
So my father has always reminded myself and my siblings that He would always tell us when we were younger, if you can't make it in America, you can't make it anywhere. And like most Americans, I've really taken that for granted. I've been able to do a lot of other things in my life and not having to worry about it.
So my father has always reminded myself and my siblings that He would always tell us when we were younger, if you can't make it in America, you can't make it anywhere. And like most Americans, I've really taken that for granted. I've been able to do a lot of other things in my life and not having to worry about it.
If you asked me 10 years ago who the mayor was in my city, I probably couldn't tell you, much less who's on school board. But being from California, when I saw how California turned out and we moved to Indiana, I saw the same things happening in Indiana, but in a smaller sense in California. It really hit me that nobody's escaping out of Florida to Cuba in the middle of the night.
If you asked me 10 years ago who the mayor was in my city, I probably couldn't tell you, much less who's on school board. But being from California, when I saw how California turned out and we moved to Indiana, I saw the same things happening in Indiana, but in a smaller sense in California. It really hit me that nobody's escaping out of Florida to Cuba in the middle of the night.
If you asked me 10 years ago who the mayor was in my city, I probably couldn't tell you, much less who's on school board. But being from California, when I saw how California turned out and we moved to Indiana, I saw the same things happening in Indiana, but in a smaller sense in California. It really hit me that nobody's escaping out of Florida to Cuba in the middle of the night.
If America goes the way it's going, there's nowhere else for my children, your children, anybody's children to go. I think that really thinking about my great grandfather running like that really kind of really drove me to say, you know, even in the tiniest way, I got to try to do something because I've enjoyed my freedom so much. And I've been able to do things great, you know, fun things.
If America goes the way it's going, there's nowhere else for my children, your children, anybody's children to go. I think that really thinking about my great grandfather running like that really kind of really drove me to say, you know, even in the tiniest way, I got to try to do something because I've enjoyed my freedom so much. And I've been able to do things great, you know, fun things.
If America goes the way it's going, there's nowhere else for my children, your children, anybody's children to go. I think that really thinking about my great grandfather running like that really kind of really drove me to say, you know, even in the tiniest way, I got to try to do something because I've enjoyed my freedom so much. And I've been able to do things great, you know, fun things.
And now I feel like I just have to do my duty.
And now I feel like I just have to do my duty.
And now I feel like I just have to do my duty.
I appreciate it. Thank you, Megan.
I appreciate it. Thank you, Megan.
I appreciate it. Thank you, Megan.