I, John Shen, was born in Nan Jing, China on May 23rd in 1953 during the Cultural Revolution. Things were very tough for me at the time because I had no rights whatsoever. As I approached my twenties, it was my dream and passion to start a new life in America, the land of opportunities. It was the one place everyone wanted to go to escape religious oppression and to live up to your personal potential. …showed first 75 words of 795 total…

…showed last 75 words of 795 total…friends in China and had to start over. Moving was also hard for my wife and me because we had to find new jobs and leave behind many relatives. On the other hand, we knew that California would provide the opportunity for a much better life than we could have possibly had in Nan Jing. It was almost every family's dream to move to America, and we were lucky to be granted with that chance.