Samuel Sukaton is a graduate of UCLA, a youth member of the APALA-Los Angeles Chapter and will be an inaugural participant in the Generations United mentorship program. For more information on the APALA convention and to register, visit
http://www.apalanet.org/Labor-Community/apala-2011-convention.html
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I’m going to the Asian Pacific American Labor Alliance (APALA) 11th Biennial Convention for my family. My mom is an Indonesian immigrant LVN working three jobs to pay off student loans; she spent 20 years finishing her bachelor’s degree, then went back to school again for nursing. My dad has a doctorate from Carnegie Mellon University and works for the U.S. Postal Service; both of them love their jobs, value education and raised me to work hard, study hard and do the right thing.