Hortencia Armendariz and Elizabeth Rockenbach
Recorded
January 13, 2022
Archived
January 13, 2022
44:34 minutes
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Id:
ddv001318
Description
Hortencia Armendariz (58) and her mentee Elizabeth Rockenbach (18) discuss how they came to know each other throughout Elizabeth's time in school, Elizabeth's college applications, and the house fire that happened not even a month before recording.Subject Log / Time Code
(track 1) Hortencia (H) describes how she first got to know Elizabeth (E) when E was in elementary school, and how she managed to care for her and her brothers from afar.
H talks about how E and her brothers were identified as being unaccompanied minors and how she worked with their schools to remove barriers to their education. She then recalls her realization at who E was.
E said she felt like someone was looking out for her and her siblings and was shocked when she realized what H had done for her over the years.
H and E discuss what her college application process was like, and H recalls all the steps she took to ensure E applied to San Diego State University.
H asks E how she has become such a resilient person.
H talks about how she heard of E’s house catching fire and what she did to support E and her brothers.
E and H talk about the day after the fire and how E and her brothers were able to move into a new apartment.
E considers how she felt overwhelmed throughout the whole process, and how that fire turned out to be a blessing.
E shares a message to her younger brother, and says she hasn’t been able to talk to her parents in four months.
E says she is studying psychology and nursing.
Participants
- Hortencia Armendariz
- Elizabeth Rockenbach