Jesse Lomelí and Marta Lomelí
Recorded
July 23, 2010
02:08:43
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Id:
DDD000405
Description
Jesse Lomelí (66) and his sister Marta Lomelí (57) talk about when their family came to the United States from Mexico, the cultural difference at home and at school.Subject Log / Time Code
Jesse and Marta talk how their father, Jesus Lomelí, got the family to the United States legally.
Jesse talks about coming to America, going to school and how he learned English.
Jesse describes how he got interested in athletics and started wrestling.
Jesse describes how education changed his father’s mind and support for them.
Jesse and Marta talks about the Lomelí-Miller Scholarship for Vista High school students.
Jesse talks about coming from Tijuana, Mexico to Vista, CA and the difference in the schools.
Jesse and Marta thank their family and the Miller family.
Participants
- Jesse Lomelí
- Marta Lomelí
Venue / Recording Kit
Tier
Partnership
Partnership Type
OutreachInitiatives
Keywords
- anecdotes (humorous but true stories)
- apprenticeships
- August 11th 1954
- Book
- coach
- cohorts (groups of friends)
- economic beliefs and practices
- English as a second language
- ESl
- family in-jokes
- family naming and nicknames
- Family reunions
- Family Traditions
- family trips and excursions
- father
- first impression of America
- Guadalupe Lomelí
- Immersion
- immigrant
- immigration
- Influence
- Jesus Lomelí
- Learn
- Lomelí-Miller Scholaship
- math
- memories of former times
- memories of growing up
- Miller family
- Money
- Mother
- Peanut Butter
- personal experiences
- political beliefs and practices
- Ranch
- San Diego, CA
- Santa Fe Elementary
- Scholarship
- school bus
- school day memories
- School work
- schooling
- schoolyard games
- social beliefs and practices
- support
- Teacher
- Tijuana, Mexico
- VAPA
- Vista Academy of Performing Arts
- Vista High School
- wrestler
- Wrestling
Subjects
- Achievements and Awards
- Athletics
- Best Friends
- Changes In Education
- Community History
- Community Organizations
- Earliest Memories
- Education
- Extended Family
- Farm Life
- First Job
- First Meetings
- Graduation
- Identity
- Immigration Stories
- Investitures And Initiations
- Job Satisfaction
- Neighborhood Life
- Occupational Traditions
- Parents
- Reading
- Schools (Types)
- Siblings
- Students
- Teachers
- Teaching
- Town Life
- Trends
- Urban Life
- Workday Life