Socorro Maldonado and Teresa Garcia-Leys
Recorded
October 15, 2015
Archived
October 15, 2015
38:32 minutes
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Id:
mby014069
Description
Teresa Garcia- Leys (39) interviews her grandmother, Socorro Maldonado (92) about her childhood in East L.A., meeting her husband, their marriage, and raising her family.Subject Log / Time Code
Socorro Maldonado (92) tells her granddaughter, Teresa Garcia- Leys (39) about moving to California from Arizona when she was only an infant.
SM tells that they never studied when they went to school, they were taught domestic work and would be assigned to gardening and other jobs based on a surname.
SM talks about her father dying when she was really young and how her mother told her that anyone else she should consider a father is God.
SM talks about meeting her husband when they were younger and how she used to throw rocks at him from a tree.
SM talks about how he got drafted after they got married and remembers crying when he left.
SM describes her marriage with her husband, the kind of father that he was and how thoughtful.
SM on looking for a house in Montebello and talks about her six grand children and eleven great grandchildren.
SM talks about the people that she prays for and what advice she'd like to pass on to her great grandchildren.
Participants
- Socorro Maldonado
- Teresa Garcia-Leys