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Christian Giovanni oral history interview: transcript

Date

2022-05-17

Description

Oral history interview with Christian Giovanni conducted by Cecilia Winchell, Jerwin Tiu, and Stefani Evans on May 17, 2022 for the Reflections: the Las Vegas Asian American and Pacific Islander Oral History Project. In this interview, Giovanni describes her early life being born and raised in Las Vegas, Nevada. She discusses her mother, Oywan, who first worked for the casinos before turning her focus to community building. Throughout Oywan's life, she did everything from start the first temple in the city to the first Thai newspaper, Las Vegas News. Giovanni mentions having what she considers a normal childhood, especially because of her more Western appearance, and did not embrace her AAPI identity until much later in life after she started helping her mother with different organizations. Currently, Giovanni is involved in many organizations, from the AAPI County Commission to the Thai Culture Foundation.

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Christian Chan oral history interview: transcript

Date

2022-05-06

Description

Oral history interview with Christian Chan conducted by Cecilia Winchell, Jerwin Tiu, and Stefani Evans on May 06, 2022 for the Reflections: the Las Vegas Asian American and Pacific Islander Oral History Project. In this interview, Chan begins by describing her childhood in Hong Kong and later moving to San Francisco, California with her family, then to Las Vegas, Nevada in 1965. She recalls attending Sunrise Acres and Roy Martin Middle School before graduating from Valley High School as valedictorian. In college, Chan attended the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV) and graduated with a degree in engineering. After college, she found work in the Las Vegas Valley Water District and became the first woman engineer. During her five years there, she excountered subtle sexism for the first time. Chan continues the interview by describing her work while she lived in California, as well as her years internationally living in the Philippines as well as Ecuador. Throughout the interview, Chan touches on topics ranging from identity, to her impressions of the different generations, discrimination, and the growth of Las Vegas.

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The Scarlet & Gray Free Press: archived website, 2020 to 2021

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UNLV Student Organizations Web Archive
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Collection Number: UA-00112
Collection Name: UNLV Student Organizations Web Archive
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A message of solidarity from UNLV President Marta Meana: archived website

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UNLV Black Lives Matter Web Archive
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Collection Number: UA-00110
Collection Name: UNLV Black Lives Matter Web Archive
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Las Vegas, Nevada Home Page: archived website, 2016 to 2017

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Southern Nevada Governance Web Archive
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Collection Number: MS-01084
Collection Name: Southern Nevada Governance Web Archive
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Boulder City, NV - Official Website: archived website, 2016 to 2017

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Southern Nevada Governance Web Archive
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Collection Number: MS-01084
Collection Name: Southern Nevada Governance Web Archive
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Las Vegas Valley Water District: archived website, 2015 to 2016

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Southern Nevada Governance Web Archive
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Collection Number: MS-01084
Collection Name: Southern Nevada Governance Web Archive
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U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management, Nevada: archived website

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Southern Nevada Governance Web Archive
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Collection Number: MS-01084
Collection Name: Southern Nevada Governance Web Archive
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Center for Academic Enrichment & Outreach: archived website, 2021 to 2022

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University of Nevada, Las Vegas Web Archive
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Collection Number: UA-00053
Collection Name: University of Nevada, Las Vegas Web Archive
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The Scarlet & Gray Free Press: archived website, 2017 to 2020

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University of Nevada, Las Vegas Web Archive
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Collection Number: UA-00053
Collection Name: University of Nevada, Las Vegas Web Archive
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