The Next Generation

Mac and Jet are here!

• James Chen, Sylvia Chen, Mac Chen, Jet Chen

The Nuclear Family

I believe this is the best term that can be used to describe my family. My family consists of a dad, a mom, a oldest son, a daughter, and a little one. And our story is very typical one for an Asian family that lived near poverty level in Asia. My dad wanted everything for the kids and within a week of hearing an opportunity to move to US. He took it and moved the entire family to United States. My dad was the only person that spoke a word of English. It was here in the United States that my little brother was born, thus having an American born child. My dad then works at a Chinese restaurant trying to support the whole family on a very small salary and my mom helped in taking care of my sister and I. They did everything they can to make sure that my sister and I get a good education. Because of this, my dad moved five times before finding the right place to raise us (Naperville). Even though it is a very expensive place for us to live in with our income, it was the best place to raise the kids and my mom and dad stuck it out. 

​All their hard work and sweet paid off, when my sister and I both went to college (MIT and UCI) and my little brother will soon follow. It is now our turn to take care of them after we graduate to thank them. Soon, my bro will go to a great college and do the same thing. We always want the younger one to be more successful and happier then their elder. The elder is happy because they see their kids or younger sibling succeed in whatever they choose to do.