Interview with Sandeep Shenoy
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Interviewers
Tess McGrath, Haley Cook
Description
Interview with Sandeep Shenoy recorded on March 27, 2023. Mr Shenoy is interviewed by Forest Hills Northern High School students Tess McGrath and Haley Cook as a part of WMU’s Telling Our Stories: A Video Collection Celebrating AAPI Heritage. During the interview Mr Shenoy discusses the following topics:
- Brief personal and family background;
- A typical day as a student in India;
- Reflections on living in India;
- Reasons for and process of immigrating from India to the US;
- Missing India and how he maintains connections with his home;
- Reflections on cultural differences between the US and India and how he adjusted to them;
- How he maintains religious and cultural connections to India;
- The norms for his life in the US;
- Goals as a young man, the success he has found in his career, and the future that he dreams of for his children;
- Advice for immigrants coming to the US;
- Speculations on what his life would be like if he never immigrated;
- Language education and abilities, and;
- His current career as a manager in Pharmacy IT for Meijer.
Date of Interview
3-27-2023
Location of Interview
Grand Rapids, MI
Series
Telling Our Stories
Keywords
Asian American and Pacific Islanders, Immigration, India
Disciplines
Asian American Studies | Asian History | Language and Literacy Education | Oral History | Secondary Education
Language
ENG
Document Type
Interview
Recommended Citation
Shenoy, Sandeep, "Interview with Sandeep Shenoy" (2023). Telling Our Stories: A Video Collection Celebrating AAPI Heritage. 1.
https://scholarworks.wmich.edu/our-stories-aapi/1
Length of video
0:33:32
Length of video log
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