Despite these experiences, Welly never considered himself an "immigrant" in America. His parents raised him and his brother to assimilate into American society, not only giving them names redolent of the English nobility--Wellington and Winston--but also sending to them a top New York area boarding school.
即使如此，楊呈偉從不認為自己是「移民」，因為父親楊次雄積極培育他們兄弟倆融入美國社會，不但為他們取了頗具英國皇室貴族氣息的名字── Wellington 和 Winston，還送他們到紐約最好的寄宿學校就讀。