Fiorella Lazarte and John Fox
Recorded
December 1, 2023
Archived
December 1, 2023
01:01:48
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Id:
osh000080
Description
One Small Step conversation partners Fiorella "Fio" Lazarte (36) and John Fox (67) meet for a one-on-one conversation at the Teton County Library. Fio is a 3rd grade teacher at a dual immersion (bilingual) elementary school and identifies as liberal. John is a retired investment banker who identifies as conservative. They discuss their upbringings, their politics, and immigration as it relates nationally, locally, and to each other's own experience or their family's experience.Subject Log / Time Code
Fiorella "Fio" Lazarte (FL) asks John Fox (JF) what made him want to have this conversation, and visa versa.
JF’s bio is read and FL asks JF why he thinks the community is headed in the wrong direction.
JF talks about what he did professionally. He talks about his 2 careers with Ford Motor Company and with a small investment banking firm. And his marriage.
FL asks JF why he moved to Jackson, WY.
JF reads FL’s bio and tells her about his mother’s experience as an immigrant from Yugoslavia.
JF asks FL about her opinion regarding current immigration issues at the US-Mexico border.
FL talks about “living in the shadows” as an undocumented person.
JF talks about being a volunteer tax preparer (VITA) in Teton County and working with mostly Latino clients who pay taxes.
FL talks about the politicization of the discussion around immigration .
JF asks about drugs and the cartel getting through the border.
FL and JF both share the people who have had a big influence on their lives: for JF, his parents and for FL her mentor.
FL talks about her conservative upbringing in Peru. Her opinions have become more progressive since living in the US.
JF talks about his parents who discussed current events and political issues around the dinner table as a kid.
JF talks about winning a competition to attend Jimmy Carter’s presidential inauguration. Also, mentions he attended Donald Trump’s too.
FL talks about her experience being misunderstood because she is perceived as young and/or uninformed about US politics because she’s not from the US originally.
FL asks JF if any curiosity was sparked in him by talking to her.
FL says she will continue to foster conversations like this to illuminate a different light to topics. And JF says he will nominate FL for the mayor of Jackson.
Participants
- Fiorella Lazarte
- John Fox