Maria Tran “So, they called the social services” (SAMPLE)
Name: Maria Tran Ethnicity: Vietnamese Occupation: Editorial Assistant DOB: September 16 th 1993 “ So, they called the social services ” Maria Tran recalls the first time she experienced different attitudes between her Vietnamese culture and British culture. At 10 years old, Maria Tran’s parents relocated to the southern coast of Bournemouth in hopes of starting their own business. They decided to leave their 3 children, of which Maria was the youngest, behind in Tottenham with a Vietnamese au pair. “I’m fairly lazy, I’d like wait till the very last minute before I woke up for school”. Maria speaks candidly of her usual morning routine before primary school in 2002. “This one morning I woke up exceptionally late and didn’t have time to eat my breakfast, so I packed the toast in my bag to probably have during play time – which I did” Maria’s toast was not toas t in the conventional sense but instead a common Vietnamese snack. The buttered toast was sprinkl...