As a student reporter, I took an afternoon to interview two people about how they started living in Southern California.

The interviewees were Leo Huang, a boy in sixth grade, and Anu Parikh, a female who is a freshman in college. When I asked whether they were born and raised in California, both responded with a quick no.

So I asked each of them what brought them to California. Leo said, glancing over his mother, “I think my parents thought the education here was better.”

On the other hand, Anu replied: “My family lives here, like my grandparents and my cousins, so we decided to move here.”

From the conversation, I was also able to learn that Anu is 19 years old, and she is currently a student at Fullerton College. Knowing both subjects are currently in school and have been in school outside of the country, I asked the subjects questions regarding education in America.

When I asked Leo how the school in America is different from the school outside the country he said, “I thought the teachers here was little strict, but I think the teachers here let the children learn and have fun at the same time.”

A similar question was asked to Anu, and she responded, “The technology we use here is different, and it‘s kind of hard. Like how you do your homework, and turn it in online. But I am fine now.”

From these two interviews, I again recognized that the educational environment in America is definitely a factor which increases the number of immigrants in America every year. In fact, according to The Washington Times, about 23 percent of students in public schools come from immigrant households, and the figure has more than doubled in the past 25 years. Specifically, Los Angeles County has 13 regions where students from immigrant homes make up at least 75 percent of the school populations.

The dynamic educational environment in America allows students from diverse cultural background to thrive in the field that they are passionate about.

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