Context

I intend to study Padres Unidos, based in Santa Ana with their offices located in Garden Grove, due to my love for and connection to my hometown of Garden Grove.  I know the cities and streets well; I would like to think I understand the people, once my classmates and peers.  Our strip malls and signs in Spanish and Vietnamese are distinct, difficult to mimic anywhere else.  With the highest density of Vietnamese diaspora in the world and located in southern California tangential to the U.S.-Mexico border, the cities I grew up in and call home possess a dynamic population of various immigrant groups from around the world, with populations primarily from Southeast Asia and Latin America.  With a high population of immigrants from non-native English-speaking countries, inland Orange County and their schools serve a large population of second-language English speakers.  The diverse and unique composition of Santa Ana and my familiarity with it inclines me to further study and understand the processes that are occurring around me.