William Tuupo

Went to Whittier College for 1.5 years. Attended Pasedena City College for 1 semester. Returned home to work to help with family expenses while attending Foothill. Suspended school to work full-time to help support my family. Still enjoying the company of family and hometown friends occasionally going out and having fun. Worked at a few night clubs, concerts, private parties and music videos in LA and in the Bay Area.

Too many to recall. There was one incident(out of many) where I was interrogated by Atherton police because of a customized beanie I wore. Myself and a cousin were wearing a beanie with our names(that was new thing at the time) and they made a u-turn on Middlefield and stopped right in front of us asking us why we were standing there(as if the bus stop was not a good reason). Later face-to-face telling us why we were wearing customized beanies...hahaha. They thought we were part of a gang...lol. I didn't ask to be Samoan. I even excused the officer to lower his tone because I didn't appreciate his abusive language. I'll never forget his face afterwards. [sigh]