1983 – 1997


From Lebanon to Kern County

← The long way to residency
The Cedars of God, Lebanon
The Cedars of God, Lebanon · DIMSFIKAS at Greek Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0 · adapted to black and white

1983

My mom’s family moved to the United States from Lebanon in 1983.

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1983 – 1985

They spent two years in San Jose.

Maricopa, October 7, 1911
Maricopa, October 7, 1911 · Public domain · adapted to black and white

Maricopa

Then they moved to Maricopa and bought some farmland, all of them living together in an RV.

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Bakersfield

A few years later, my mom made them move to an apartment in Bakersfield.

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1993

In 1993 they bought a house in Bakersfield together: my grandmother’s house.

1997

My dad came to the United States in 1997.