Alec Acosta and Christopher Abreu

00:04 Hello. My name is Christopher Bell. You I am 32 years old today is December 1st 2016 and we are here in San Francisco. I am a paraprofessional a tax ssfusd transition program for young adults with disabilities ages 18-22 and I am here with my student Alec Acosta.

00:24 My name is Alec Acosta in it and I'm 19 years old.

00:31 And this is December 1st 2000.

00:36 16

00:38 I know we prepare the few questions up ahead. I'm going to go ahead and get started. Okay, great.

00:46 I like when and where were you born? I was born in 1997 and Sacramento to

00:57 California great and what was it like growing up? I was in in a

01:15 Oh, man, I got all I get it. I was in a nice nice home and I and I love with my family great, but you live in San Francisco now, right? So did you move here from middle school? Yes, I was about 12 years old.

01:41 Where did you go to school? I went to James Denman Middle School. Wonderful. And what kind of student were you I was a good student. I like to talk take.

02:01 PE class

02:04 What did you do for fun? I went on a field trip to Six Flags with my friends. We split into our groups with our teachers we saw.

02:21 Roller coasters like fun. Do you still have any friends from that time?

02:27 Yes.

02:29 He he's my best friend.

02:32 Jose and we

02:37 Look up to each other we have.

02:46 We

02:48 Hangover we talk

02:53 To each other on your phone

03:01 Can you tell me I like how did you how did you meet Jose Med and middle school? We were in different classes. He was nice to me when when I was a new student. Yeah, I can imagine it's difficult when your needs for school and make friends and and fit in and he he was there for you. Yeah, and I always been there for him cuz

03:32 Cuz I always got to make sure that he

03:36 Stay the night Rebel and Dwayne.

03:41 His work. That's wonderful. What made you such good friends? We like to hang out together. We play games and talk and hang out.

03:53 At last time how would you describe him? He's Mexican and he's sure he's nice. We used to look out for each other piece short and it's in your pretty tolerate. So it was a pretty funny pairing I guess because i'm big

04:14 Why don't you tell me a story about him when we were in class we would do a lot of puzzles. When when we had free time. We were bored and we had nothing to do but we like doing puzzles. We were both good at puzzles because we work hard at them.

04:50 Is there anything you would want to tell him today? Well, we told on Facebook. I sent him a message and then he sends me a message.

05:00 If if I saw him in person I would

05:08 Want to tell him that I've missed him that we share each other's feelings that he also has a special place in my heart. I would want to tell him I love him and we were

05:28 A Brothers

05:31 That's lovely. I like. Yeah, cuz he he is always been there for me and I

05:39 And I always

05:43 Been there for him cuz we haven't seen each other in like 6 years, I think.

05:49 Ever since I went to

05:53 High school when you graduated Middle School, you didn't see him anymore.

05:59 But my mom will was there. Yeah.

06:04 Yeah, does he still live in San Francisco? Yes, he does where it where does he go to school now? He goes about both. Okay.

06:14 And you guys never plan to meet up cuz he was too busy and I was too busy.

06:26 Do you remember that he do you remember a time that he was really there for you?

06:35 Be willing to tell us a little bit about.

06:40 Well

06:42 Wells Middle School

06:44 Is it in myself to all that trouble and Jose used to give me out of trouble and I used used to get him out of trouble.

06:55 Cuz we're best friends and we're will like them brothers.

07:02 They are hostile to him like a big brother and he needs to stand up to me like a little brother.

07:12 Can you tell us about one of those moments when maybe you were getting into trouble and he helped you get out of it?

07:17 Well, we used to go to the principal's office.

07:24 And until the principal was

07:28 What just happened?

07:33 It wasn't that hard.

07:36 It was

07:40 It was way too easy.

07:42 To get out of trouble. You guys know how to work the system I guess.

07:52 Do you think you'll ever see him again in the future? Yeah, yeah.

08:02 If you were standing in front of you right now, what would you tell him?

08:06 Hey, hey, buddy. I miss you man. It's been a long time since we haven't seen each other since middle school.

08:16 And he's going to say something to me.

08:21 Like I know that me and him have each other's backs.

08:30 Yeah. Oh, yes, we do.

08:38 Talk to me about your current school and work. Where do you study?

08:45 Number 15 I go to access and access I learn math reading traveling help with criminal events and going to Cargo Road I take

09:02 Storytelling it's taught me how to

09:07 So

09:14 What's the sacraments make make my own stories and I use the computer and I know how to how to use my eye.

09:27 My own

09:31 Website

09:34 Your website

09:38 What do you do for work?

09:40 A crack will I help with the same as we plan activities like?

09:48 Carpet bowling

09:53 Balloon toss and

09:56 And bingo we help set up day.

10:00 Exercise we all still do cleaning. I worked with with Grace and Josh Tony and Sam.

10:19 Do you like your job?

10:21 I'm ready to do a different.

10:25 Job site, I want to earn more money and work really hard.

10:33 What did you think you were going to be when you grow up? I want to be a movie star in a movie after I want to be in movies so I could be a better.

10:50 The actor what kind of movies are you like to do?

10:58 I was I was I would want to add and Ward and

11:05 And action movies, I really like history I check our history books and movies and I go to the library when I'm ready to

11:17 To go. I know that you like history a lot. What is it about history that intrigues you so much will I like so much about war and my mama knows that she knows that like like

11:30 History books about War I used to check out movies.

11:35 The actor Ward funny

11:40 And is it worgess, you know, like what is happening right now or at the history of War?

11:48 History, do you study war from other countries?

11:55 Or just the United States.

11:58 Probably from the other countries.

12:01 And why do you like history of War so much?

12:06 Cuz I like it so much cuz I cuz I know I've learned so much history when I was in high school.

12:13 My history teacher has told me.

12:17 A lot about history. Could I I used to take some class. I forgot my

12:25 History

12:27 A teacher's name

12:31 And then I spent four years in high school.

12:38 Has told me a lot to undo some better things.

12:42 And I graduated my mom didn't show up cuz she after work so she sent my brother Joshua so he came with

12:55 Is my friend a guy named friends? Cuz we live in the same building or something. You've learned recently that you kind of went. Well, I didn't know that about about history or about war at war.

13:22 Has told me a lot about bored and I got so good at it. I have been raising my hand and asking questions.

13:38 And then my teacher knows knows the answer.

13:43 So you feel motivated to participate in class when you study history of War on your own here. How often do you come to the library will have been coming here for a long time? I don't know how many years I've been coming here.

13:57 You come every day after school. No not ever date only when I'm ready.

14:03 It was raining.

14:07 It was raining outside and and I cannot go.

14:14 How often or how many books do you think you read in the week about history above for five or six books?

14:24 Either you're going to read all the books in the whole Library.

14:27 Well, not all of them.

14:37 Why would I rather about the Civil War?

14:44 Star Wars Day

14:48 American

14:51 Revolutionary War

14:54 I also want about Pirates.

14:58 Nail salon in Bell

15:02 Knights

15:07 That's those are the only books that I have read.

15:12 So far

15:14 Cuz that's what it is.

15:18 Has got to me.

15:23 Do you think the books home or do you read them in the library home? Cuz I have my own.

15:30 A library card. Can I know my own pin number?

15:34 It's 1248. I need to say that publicly with okay.

15:41 It's one of those pieces of private information that we keep to ourselves, right?

15:51 Yes, and I also like to come check out movies about 1 or 2 or 7 movies.

16:08 Why sing God's of?

16:15 Egypt cuz those are one of my favorite movies and I like to watch.

16:23 The Cleveland Show and

16:27 In Family Guy and The Boondocks

16:32 The Boondocks is one of my favorite shows.

16:39 Tell me about your life here in San Francisco. What's it like?

16:45 What's your life like here in San Francisco? Well is is telling me to I'm grow up, but what I'm going to be me doing the rest of my life.

16:57 I want to undo something.

17:01 What do you want to do? But I want to get a job like I want to be.

17:07 Movie after cuz that's my own dream.

17:13 I'm not sure if I can follow my dream or not. What happens if you can't follow your dreams, what would you do instead?

17:20 I'm not sure probably going to

17:24 I think about

17:26 Something else

17:31 If you could act in any movie, what kind of what movie would you would you want to be in?

17:40 Find out soon, bye-bye.

17:47 I get the job and then I'll be a perfect.

17:53 A movie after so what movie that already exists that you've seen that you love would you wish you would do you wish that you had been part of?

18:04 Well, they always made movies if I know they made that new.

18:12 Star Wars in the new Ghostbusters that that just came out

18:19 And

18:22 I cannot think of other movies cuz I wanted to be a better.

18:30 A character that is going to take me.

18:35 An hour just to impress his man lines.

18:39 Maybe more a long time right now.

18:44 Like what do you hope for in the future to start a new life and do some fun things go out for walk for walks goat?

18:55 To the library watch movies playing play some games and and get some sleep. You do. Love your sleep. Don't you? Yeah. Yeah. What time do you wake up every morning? I usually wake up around 6, and I leave the house around 7.

19:22 720 that's why I go to.

19:27 School about the weekends. You guys know I have

19:33 I don't go nowhere. What time do you wake up?

19:36 Only when I'm ready to so I'm going to wake up if you can look at the clock, right? I usually stay up all night. Like I'm just so busy. What are you doing all night, but I use use the was YouTube. What's

19:56 Netflix

20:01 And then at night I have my dinner and I was very hungry.

20:08 What's your favorite food?

20:25 You talk to a while back about one of the things that you do through access the storytelling and making websites. What kind of can you tell us about? What kind of projects are you working on? Well, I used to make my own stories like what Christian rock?

20:48 Has told us to make our own.

20:51 Stories or we can make our own.

20:55 Collage maker free pick out

21:00 Pictures pictures from

21:09 Images

21:11 I want a project every time I like.

21:16 Not really sure about that part isn't videos. Oh, yes. Yes, we did recording and we took pictures last time we went out for a walk.

21:27 Who used to look at?

21:30 Melrose and hookah, Philly and we used to talk on camera.

21:37 At this and then we will put the bus and then we usually took pictures.

21:46 Do we pick out the up pictures that we really like and put it inside of our

21:53 A collage

22:05 On on Halloween. I used to dress up as clown. I know after I'm Joker.

22:17 Cuz I'm crazy just took a picture of me cuz I was wearing makeup.

22:26 Linden

22:30 Painting my face good cuz I wanted to be the dumb Joker is from

22:38 I'm Batman and then we took that picture and we put it on your website. Right and it's the the first image we see and can you tell us what what's on your website? What does it talk about? Tell us about what I'm going to be doing in the future and once I get out of access cuz this is my

23:02 2nd year next year is going to be my

23:06 My third year in the next year.

23:11 Have today

23:13 My father of Europe and then I'm going to be out of access.

23:22 Feel so what's your favorite part about taxes? So far will storytelling

23:29 In math

23:32 What is it about storytelling that you love so much?

23:36 Help some helps me make my own.

23:41 Stories

23:42 Like I do at home.

23:47 What kind of?

23:50 Well anything about friendship War.

23:58 Or

24:01 About myself

24:04 I want two things. I really like about your stories. I like cuz I you always put yourself as the main character and so you get to visit in your life with many different situations. What do you think is your your favorite story that you've

24:17 The holiday

24:21 Remember to many to choose from right? Yeah, that's too many for formation choose from

24:33 Increase I know you you have met my mom to hell. Yes.

24:37 I was last week right as a couple weeks ago yet.

24:42 Was that on Tuesday or Wednesday? I can't remember. I can't remember either. Do you know my

24:51 My mom's name.

24:53 Deborah yah.

24:56 Can you stop my dog right I did.

25:02 Well, he's a lying Shepherd.

25:05 And what's his name?

25:07 His name is Rango.

25:12 It's been living with us for a long time.

25:16 And he's not getting any big so he's going to sue staying young.

25:28 What kind of what kind of person is your mom is she is a woman. So just who she is a female.

25:40 Was she works? She works Monday through?

25:47 Saturday she she doesn't work on.

25:52 Sundays and Mondays

25:55 She works at the airport, which I know which airport is she works at cuz I know that there is a lot of airports all around home.

26:11 San Francisco

26:14 Yes, I know what she does at. The airport was just as she drives us.

26:20 The last jobs is she on Quest cuz she wasn't getting paid enough.

26:31 Usagain on my nerves all the time every time when he starts and a i

26:40 Star something

26:42 He's working on my nerves.

26:46 What's his name is Joshua? How old is he he is?

26:58 32

27:02 These are Big Brother and he gets on your nerves.

27:09 As much as he is getting on my nerves.

27:16 The one person I don't usually get along that much at school and Jeremy my God to much.

27:28 How you may be going to help during me so that you can get into deserves as much.

27:34 We don't get along cuz he keeps on talking about.

27:37 People says hey if you shave your head and I keep on saying oh my God.

27:46 He goes again.

27:51 What is interest?

27:56 I can deal with that. No.

28:02 They were coming. So close of our story Ike. Is there anything else you would like to share with us?

28:08 Well, you don't down would like to say is I want to see my old friend Jose cuz I know we haven't seen each other in a long long long time since we haven't grown up.

28:22 Not sure I'm going to be 20.

28:25 And then

28:27 I really do miss her cuz he always had a special place in my heart and we share each other's off.

28:37 Blood I'm always in.

28:42 As I have his blood and I'm always has had affairs.

28:49 Thank you for sharing. I like yes.