Hali Calzadillas Andujo and Elliot [No Name Given]

Recorded April 2, 2023 Archived April 2, 2023 39:26 minutes
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Description

Partners Hali Calzadillas Andujo (29) and Elliot [No Name Given] (24) share a conversation about their work in legal and immigration services, their upbringings, and Hali’s experience growing up as an undocumented immigrant in New Mexico.

Subject Log / Time Code

Elliot (E) talks about how he and Hali Calzadillas Andujo (HCA) have different relationships with immigration and immigration services.
HCA talks about coming to the United States at eight years old and how she always knew she was undocumented.
HCA describes when she crossed the border and the pecan trees she ate from.
E reflects on growing up in Minnesota near the Canadian border and the two different borders he and HCA grew up close to.
HCA and E talk about organized religion and their different religious upbringings.
E asks HCA how her life has been different from how she might have thought it would be at eight years old.
HCA talks about divorce and embracing the unknown.

Participants

  • Hali Calzadillas Andujo
  • Elliot [No Name Given]

Recording Locations

Albuquerque Museum

Partnership Type

Outreach