Cultural Interview Analysis

In such a multicultural world, being knowledgeable and understanding of not only your cultural background, but that of others is essential. Building my awareness on cultures different from my own, and how it shapes an individual’s identity, will foster my personal and professional development. Subsequently, I conducted a cultural interview with an individual whose cultural background differed from my own. Several similarities and differences between our cultures were apparent in the interview, specifically in the areas of race, ethnicity, language, values, and worldview.
The interviewee identified as a Salvadorian-American heterosexual woman. She is bilingual and speaks English and Spanish. However, she explained that she is not fluent in Spanish because of the environments she was exposed to as a child growing up in America. She does not receive pressure to speak Spanish from her mother but rather from her church. Thus, church leads her family to practice the language more in the home. On the contrary, I identify as an Armenian-American heterosexual woman. Similar to my interviewee, I am also bilingual. However, I speak English and Armenian, but unlike my interviewee, I am fluent in both languages. Here I

Both my interviewee and I identify as working class, biracial, and first-generation women. Subsequently, seeing our families struggle through dire financial situations, motivated us to get an education. We understand how difficult it must have been for our them to venture to a new land and face language barriers that prevented them from working in a well-paying career. My interviewee and I understand that we hold systemic privilege by being citizens of the United States and fluent English speakers, a feature our families did not have. Thus, we both believe that pursuing higher education will provide us with stability and the best future for ourselves and our