Hello, My name is Charidel Busbuso. I'm originally from the Philippines and I moved to America when I was around five or six years old. I grew up in the western culture and embracing half of my life in Hawaii. I graduated from Pearl City High School in 2020; afterward, I went to Leeward Community College and got my associate's degree in Digital Photography and Video Production. If I were an artist's tool, I would be a camera because I would have the ability to capture moments frozen in time, preserving memories and emotions for eternity, where I'm able to capture the essence of ideas and emotions through words. From my perspective, as a photographer, the camera is a tool for storytelling. It allows the photographer to convey narratives, evoke emotions, and spark imagination through visual imagery.
The United States has long been a land of immigrants, shaped by waves of individuals seeking new opportunities, freedom, and a better life. Even though there are multiple debates and policies surrounding immigration, the personal narratives of immigrants often remain untold or overlooked. This paper underscores the significance of raising awareness about immigration in the United States by sharing immigrant stories. The project aims to collect, document, and hear stories from multiple types of diverse experiences, motivations, and challenges faced by immigrants who have chosen to make America their home.
The concept of creativity has come a long way. The Old Greeks would call those creative forces muses, other religions referred to them as God. Today people still mostly treat creativity as an aha moment outside the area of influence. However, just by looking at the creative process one can tell, that creativity and creative work is more than just that one "Aha-Moment" (insight). It is clear that generating ideas demands planning and preparation, identifying something of interest like a problem, an opportunity or a challenge, doing research. This then leads to thinking of a solution, allowing time to incubate and iterations before arriving at something “complete.” Students learn that hard work is what makes their ideas come to life and sticktuiveness is what helps them get better.