Xavier Castillo and Andrew Castillo

00:04 My name is Ana Castillo. I am 14 years of age and I'm going to turn 15 and 8 days. Today is November 2nd 2013. We are in Los Angeles, California and I'll be speaking with my father. I'm not 42 years old. This is November 2nd, 2013 Angeles, California, and I'm speaking with my son and you can stay here. So the first questions I want to ask you was.

00:45 Since I'm since I'm growing up, I want to ask you what was what was it? Like when you were when you were my age? So what would like what it what were you going through Pacific?

00:57 First of all, I'm confirming my mom and my dad and my dad was working all the time and I will actually help me out after school.

01:09 I will wear a big family if you know that you have high.

01:17 Uncle son to dance so it was kind of hard to be noticed

01:28 So

01:31 For me going to be where I was.

01:34 Do I have any important or I could tell you what it was? What it would have been important for me. You have an important to have a person that I could look up.

01:46 I didn't have that.

01:51 I always even though I had a lot of people around me.

01:55 I have that person to relate to because I just told him I pay my dad was working all the time, you know, he was very busy and used later as I grew up. I learned that he didn't have a father Growing Up So for him the way to show us that that he was responsible father was to make sure that he was providing food and a place to live, but he was a great communicator.

02:31 And I didn't I need it that I needed that relationship. I needed that.

02:40 Talking like we usually do cuz I as far as I understand that we do have that right. I always ask you to you. How are you doing? How's everything is cool? If you want to talk to me about everything and we all wish I should have make jokes or

03:00 Alive and I always bring up some crazy stuff, but I didn't have that when I was your age. So that's something that I would like to have hat and a chain that I regret it because I mean it might sound corny. That's why does the word means but what doesn't give you that what doesn't kill you makes you stronger. So it really does help. It really did help me to have all those things because it is still a chance of

03:35 Ami of doing stuff on my own and go on and if I didn't know something and since we have anybody at home to to the had an answer for me, I will find anyone that will give me an answer that it's funny cuz like compared like I have my mom and you see if you're both like everyday you're always ask me how school went even like like no matter how busy you guys are.

04:12 Is a parent when I knew that you were coming. I knew that I was.

04:24 But I wanted you to have

04:27 Because I felt it that it was necessary.

04:32 For kids to have some time soon.

04:38 Mothering the mother is very important, but for my arms being so I could tell you that the Father Figure especially if it is her sponsor one will always have an impact in the kid's life.

04:53 And I really hope that that's what I eat Destiny impact. They're having your life and your brother's life. I got I don't think I could like be what I understand like nobody like moral support while I call Salam like like the fundamentals, I guess that you saw me like like what the what a good lick human being should be like, it's been busy when I called Joe. I guess the next question will be

05:36 How to how to change my name because because I like when when I really like to think about cuz I'm in 6th or 7th grade how to do a project. I don't know if you remember but that is a Project based on what my name was about. So I want you to like ask you in more detail what that was about to undress and of course it is your grandfather's name uniform your mom. She didn't grew up with her that

06:15 So I guess I'd somehow I think it's our way to our it's her way to honor her and I didn't want to take away. From her. She chose your first name and I just put your mic.

06:31 It might be my name is your middle name. So you are under Xavier Castillo. That's how your name came to be. So.

06:44 For the next question. It's kind of like sweet. I'm saying the next question. So I guess like how did how did I don't know if you know like the answer to that question, but I'm hot do you know how your mom named you or I guess my grandma name. Do you know I don't know. The only thing that I could think I could tell you is that. My name is Javier Baez gets better with an X.

07:13 And it's kind of funny all the time because I have to say in different ways depending on who I'm talking to. So, for example, if I talk to English speaking person I have I will call myself Xavier and all the people I if I speak to a Spanish person, I will say Xavier so they work make fun at work because they had to said I'm confused about how I should cover myself in another person. Can we start with my name with a h so, I think it's interesting that it makes life more interesting to I should have a name. That is not that,

08:04 So so I'm after me and my brother were born won't what were you like what was going through your head on like on I guess what our future will basically be like, so what were you thinking you were thinking of you? He was he's going to be like a doctor or like what were you like thinking about that?

08:24 Mom or parents have dreams about what the kids will be like, but I think that

08:36 For both of you. I think that the even before real

08:42 I will call it a sticker out. You'll be a doctor or you'll be a engineer. I think that you I was let you I would choose you used to have a great life no matter what your pic that's why I don't I'm not even though I am your father and I help you.

09:06 And I hope you with whatever you think you like. I cannot tell you what you're going to be. I'm just going to help you to develop into the person that you want to be and I and I just hoping that that person will go ahead and

09:23 Be great regardless of that. I have always told you about that. I'm very proud of you. And I that comes from the bottom of my heart.

09:37 Because that's another thing that I've never heard of my household that someone was proud of me.

09:46 And I and I always tell you that because I think it's important for apartment to tell for a father to tell his kids that their product his problem.

09:59 I wanted to encourage them back to make them feel that they are.

10:03 They are they belong that they are blocked. So I tell you that.

10:11 Every time I tell you that it's not just because I want to make you feel good because I think that is my dearius ask your ask your dad to make you realize that you are worth it.

10:25 Trust

10:28 So as to our growing up at 10:30. This is a story that I have about I should have you when you were eight or nine months of your mom and I have a small apartment. You know, you're gorgeous one bedroom apartment. We were sleeping very small retired. Really we have no fear in the church, but you have your crib to a toddler bed and

10:55 Your boy when you were eight years old, you will look here in front of us. All of a sudden. I will not know why you had already started work. I'll wait on walking by yourself. I really young age.

11:12 By 878 month old you were actually working. We'll just come out of nowhere. I told you you were we left you on the crib?

11:25 So one day I actually find out what it was. So you were tall enough to grab onto the crib.

11:37 Turn yourself around without killing yourself and you just lighting and we just landed on your two feet so nicely. I wish I had a camera to to feel it too filmed it and then you just start walking.

11:53 You are success. You make me so proud and I knew that you were going to be all right at that point because you know how to do your stuff on your own yet even asked him you had what how to do it.

12:10 Sorry, Westbury.

12:14 Very interesting to remember to see that and to remember it.

12:19 Okay so long. Do you have questions for me before I start asking you more questions.

12:31 Do you how do you shoot yourself in the next couple of years?

12:37 Well

12:40 What could you be more specific like like as a student as like when I come like going as a student. So like part of the family were like, how do you see yourself in 40 years? Where do you think you're coming in for years, and you're in 10th Grade. So by that time you already be in college now, so well next year as take this Hootie and ready to take the PSAT this year. So

13:14 Bass based on on I guess I guess I guess like the results it would like influence like my arm and I like how like how to see me. Basically. I know cuz I do know like 40 years already. I want to be an architect. So I guess

13:35 So I guess like right now and start trying to find more on internships that I can go to so that you know when I go to college and I will be like, oh look at this. He has this and he's been to this place and so so on so forth so cuz you're somebody else and I want to go to UC Berkeley or a mighty and well one of the school is like it's not like super high up there, but the other one is like a like worth of like price. So you've always been telling me all you need to go skating scholarships and specially this year since you've been telling me all you have to go and do this with someone so so like so yeah as you also know I have like really been in touch with my vice principal and he already liked has helped me out in the future for that.

14:31 So you have plans for you for you? How about in

14:35 I know you're still too young, but I already see a lot of all your friends having girlfriends or friends.

14:48 And I just want to know what you think about that.

14:52 Well, I guess like it's it all depends cuz you have to be like mature National to control those kind of things but like others just like to have one. I guess just to have this one trying to say so depending on like I guess your level of maturity wood would like Basie on whether or not you're like I want to say that competent but like a like you're like, I guess you're ready for it, you know, cuz I mean eventually you're going to argue may or may not like so having girlfriends in the future. But yeah, but I just wanted you to also know that that

15:31 Even though it's your personal life as we discussed yesterday.