My grandfather immigrated to the United States from Nava, Coahuila, Mexico with his mother and eight siblings due to push factors like poverty, his father being at war, and lack of stable housing. Pull factors that attracted them to California were the potential to find a home, go to school, and let my great-grandmother get a job. My grandfather worked in the primary sector picking potatoes in San Jacinto until being drafted to fight in the Vietnam War from 1959-1975, where he was lost in the jungle for 3 years and survived an ambush that killed his friend.

1. FAMILY HISTORY PROJECT

2. 5 CONNECTIONS
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IMMIGRATION
PUSH FACTORS
PULL FACTORS
PRIMARY SECTOR
VIETNAM WAR

3. IMMIGRATION.
• IMMIGRATION IS THE MOVEMENT INTO A NEW COUNTRY TO SETTLE.
• MY GRANDFATHER CAME FROM NAVA, COAHUILA, MEXICO WITH HIS EIGHT BROTHERS AND SISTERS AND
HIS MOTHER.
• AFTER GETTING HERE, THEY CAME TO SAN JACINTO, THEN TO PASADENA. THEN WHEN HE MOVED TO
CORONA AND MET MY GRANDMOTHER, THEY HAD MY DAD.
• THEN WHEN MY DAD MET MY MOM AND HAD ME LATER, WE WENT CORONA TO CHINO HILLS.

4. PUSH FACTORS.
• PUSH FACTORS ARE FACTORS THAT CAUSES PEOPLE TO MOVE OR LEAVE FROM THEIR CURRENT LOCATION.
• THE PUSH FACTORS MY GRANDFATHER HAD DEALT WITH IN MEXICO IS THAT THEY HAD NO MONEY, HIS
FATHER WAS ALWAYS IN THE WAR, HIS MOTHER HAD NO JOB, AND THEY DIDN’T REALLY HAVE A HOME.
• THEY LIVED IN A LITTLE SHACK WITH NINE KIDS AND HIS MOM.

5. PULL FACTORS
• PULL FACTORS ARE WHAT ATTRACT A PERSON TO A NEW PARTICULAR PLACE.
• THE PULL FACTORS THAT WITH MOVING TO CALIFORNIA WAS THAT THEY COULD FIND A HOME, THEY
COULD GO TO SCHOOL, AND MY GREAT-GRANDMOTHER COULD GET A JOB.

6. PRIMARY SECTOR
• MY GRANDFATHER WORKED IN THE PRIMARY SECTOR PICKING POTATOES IN SAN JACINTO.
• HE WAS ABLE TO WORK WITH HIS BROTHER, AND DIDN’T GET THE JOB UNTIL HE CAME BACK FROM THE
WAR.
• THE POTATOES WERE THE ONLY THINGS THEY WERE ABLE TO EAT UNTIL THEY WERE ABLE TO MAKE
ENOUGH MONEY.

7. VIETNAM WAR
• THE VIETNAM WAR STARTED IN 1959 AND ENDED IN 1975.
• MY GRANDFATHER WAS SENT TO VIETNAM WHEN HE WAS 18 AND WAS ONLY SUPPOSED TO BE THERE FOR
6 MONTHS AND INSTEAD WAS LOST IN THE JUNGLE FOR 3 YEARS WITH HIS SQUAD.
• HE LOST HIS BEST FRIEND IN A AMBUSH WHEN HIS LIEUTENANT HIT A TRAP AND BLEW UP HIM, THE
FRIEND, AND MY GRANDFATHER. LEAVING ONLY HIS FRIENDS UPPER TORSO, AND MY GRANDFATHER HAD A
PIECE OF SCRAP METAL LOGGED INTO HIS HEAD.
• HE WAS FOUND ON HIS TWENTY-FIRST BIRTHDAY AND GOT SENT HOME.

8. CONCLUSION
• WHAT GOT ME INTERESTED THE MOST WAS THAT MY GRANDFATHER SHOWED ME THIS BOOK OF OUR
“NAVA” FAMILY HISTORY AND THE CITY HE CAME THAT HAD THE CAME LAST NAME.
• THE BOOK HAD THE CITIES MAJOR PROBLEMS AND EVENTS, BUT WHAT GOT ME WAS THAT ANYONE WITH
THE LAST NAME NAVA IS FAMILY IN A WAY. WE ALL TIE UP SOMEHOW IN THE FAMILY TREE.
• I LOVED LEARNING EVERYTHING MY GRANDFATHER WENT THROUGH, SINC NOW HE STARTING TO LOSE
HIS MEMORIES.