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I interview my good friend about his life, we discuss immigration from Monterrey, NL to Laredo,TX and how that impacted his life. Mexican culture regarding family and friendship. Growing up between Mexico and Texas, living on the border.

People of the Rio Grande Valley Border Towns: Annette tells me about her experiences growing up in the Rio Grande Valley and working and traveling with her family as a migrant worker.

A discussion about the Latino experience in Dallas, TX, small business owners and the threat of housing displacement in Oak Cliff neighborhoods with Jennifer Rangel, urban planner and author of "A Geographical Examination of Urban Planning - Oak Cliff as...

interviewing my Tia Lucy, my dad’s oldest sister, while my dad is in the hospital recovering from his liver biopsy for his cancer diagnosis.

Arian Velazquez-Ornelas (42) platica con su mamá, Elizama Velazquez (56), de sus experiencias creciendo en México y los Estados Unidos. Hablan de la familia, el amor, y la comunidad que comparten en ambos lados de la frontera. [Arian Velazquez-Ornelas (42)...

Margarita (Margie) talks about her experience as a mother of four children and health care in the United States.

My mother, Mary Esther Ford (née Bazaldua) discusses her mother’s upbringing (Zoila Michaela Bazaldua) in the 1920s and 1930s in Sinton, Texas.

"I believe everyone should have their choice." - April Vallejo shares her experience as a young mother who believes every woman should have the right to choose. April attended the local Women's March in Brownsville, Texas with her daughter on...

lucila tejeda talks about her childhood, her dream job, and more! Only in this interview translated by my mother! you cannot miss it.

Interview with a housing choice voucher holder and her ICP housing mobility counselor reflecting on her search for a diverse neighborhood for her teen daughter and young son. (from Dallas to the inner- and outer-ring suburbs of Garland, Plano and...

Friends and colleagues Elena Palacios (43) and Victoria Nevarez (24) discuss life on the border, their work with Las Americas Immigrant Advocacy Center, and their hopes for the future.

People of the Rio Grande Valley Border Towns: Leo and Rick talk about their reverence for those who built the strong LGBT community in the Rio Grande Valley, and about their hopes for ways for the community to grow.

Norma speaks about the SB4 bill and the SB8 bill that was recently passed Texas that governs abortion rights laws and "Show me your papers" police checks.

People of the Rio Grande Valley Border Towns: Noe Rios and I have a conversation of what is like to live in the Rio Grande Valley in the United States and unable to visit family without any frequency. "Still having...

People of the Rio Grande Valley Border Towns: Marisol Roten. Marisol, a Mother of 3, and I have a conversation about her experiences growing up in the Rio Grande Valley. The experience of growing up without her biological father, having...

Juana Martinez (17) interviews her dad, Miguel Martinez (40), about his life and how it was growing up in Mexico and having to assimilate in the US.

Interview with my mom for sculpture project.

A Woman's Right: The Story It Tells – Victoria of Alamo, Texas speaks frankly about her experiences post-2016 election, her feelings regarding gender roles, and women's rights. Victoria talks about how her Mother and Aunts are all business owners in...

People of the Rio Grande Valley Border Towns: Anonymous 10, "They kind of saw me as a threat sometimes I feel because I was such a hardworking person." Anonymous 10 is a bartender in McAllen working as the premier cocktail...

People of the Rio Grande Valley: Mitch. Artist Mitch Darte and I talk about the loss of her Mother and how it propelled her into her flourishing career in painting. Mitch was a high school art teacher, and after losing...

People of the Rio Grande Valley Border Towns: Sarahi, "At 12 or 1 in the Colonia you would feel the breeze." Sarahi Enriquez is a custodian at the Mission EDC where my 2 month residency was hosted in June and...

Sheila Roddy (75) and her One Small step partner [No Name Given] [No Name Given] (65) discuss their upbringing, the kindest people in their lives, and their thoughts on the United States - Mexican border.

Marisol of Edinburg, Texas talks about her experience with equal rights as a professional woman.

I talk with my parents about where they were raised and how it’s like being an immigrant and also what they think about me

"We have to continue to fight to have these rights. That was when I was 15 or 16 when I realized that." - Annette of Mission, Texas talks about her experience with equal rights in the computer science industry. Annette...