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On December 10th Anabella Wade interviewed her grandfather Jorge Leyva. He lived in Tijuana and went to school learning English. In Tijuana he met his love juanita Leyva and moved to America and had 5 children.

Travel in remote Mexico to visit the Lacandon Indians in the jungle of Chiapas with a young documentary film maker in 1959. Travels of 19 year old Brigitte Heberle Stehlik and Manhattan Montana hitchhiking

Juan Pablo De Anda De Alva engages in a meaningful conversation about racism in Mexico with RacismoMX founder José Antonio Aguilar.

Alicia talks about the importance of the Guapamacataro Arts and Ecology center as a place for artist residents and as a way to give back to the Maravatio community. Alicia is both a citizen of Mexico and the United States...

Gabby tells us about how she was born and raised in Guapamacataro, Maravatio, Michoacan, Mexico, and how she is caretaker with her husband and daughter at the Center for Arts and Ecology. Gabby is also an organic strawberry farmer and...

Elyan is a 12 year old boy, who is bilingual. He likes Harry Potter, Fast and Furious, and some other things.

I interview my grandmother about her life in Mexico and what influenced her in emigrating to America, as well as how she got here.

learning the struggles of moving to the u.s from an immigrant

In this interview I talked to my brother. This interview was very relaxed and I just asked him about his life.

my moms life in Mexico and the u.s

My mom summarized her life story from her childhood to her teenage years. She talks about what she had to leave back when she made the choice of going to the U.S from Mexico.

The interview taken in Fort Worth, Texas was for my mother, Miriam Menchaca. The interview is over the experiences my mother had when growing up in Mexico.

Andrean Olvera (21) entrevista a su padre, Alfredo Olvera (52). La historia de mi padre un inmigrante de su origen, su proceso de inmigración llegando a su adaptación en los Estados Unidos. Su experiencia que ha pasado y como a...

We talked about her childhood , what she is most grateful in life for. She has wonderful experiences in the past.

Edgar zagal (me) talks to his grandfather.

This interviewed was done with the assistance of a translator. Gricelda talks about things she misses from Mexico (food!) and what types of culture events would be fun to incorporate into life in Richmond. She also talks about how she...

Yadira Lopez (48) Mother of Vanessa Lopez (19) the interviewer discusses life in Mexico among other things.

En esta entrevista, Domingo habla de su camino de México a los Estados Unidos. El menciona que en su proceso de estar aquí tenía que adaptarse para enfrentar obstáculos para prosperar en Nueva York donde llegó. El dejó la familia...

Anonymous Interviewee #16 talks about growing up in Mexico and having family in the United States. He speaks about his life in Mexico and what he is most proud of.

Tomasa Tamayo Alonso (49) habla con su hija Jocelin Alfaro Tamayo (20) sobre su experiencia de inmigración a los Estados Unidos, Nueva York en 1999 de Los Reyes de Juárez México. (Min. 00:30-8:15: Tomasa habla de la vida en su...

Rogelio, a Richmond community member, talks with Alison about his early struggles, those who helped him succeed in school, and his passion for working hard to accomplish his goals.

Getting to know my dad’s childhood in Spanglish. From San Rafael, a small ranch near Huejucar, Jalisco, Mexico to Southern California and three very American daughters. He talks about life lessons and loss.

One Small Step conversation partners Patty (40) and Justin (32) have a conversation about their recent weddings, dogs, and families. They bond over both getting married recently and having connections to Chicago. Justin describes his large wedding in Savannah, while...

I interviewed my mother, she was forced to grow up at an early age. She then migrated to the US.

Interview was based on the life of a Mexican immigrant growing up in the United States. Sandra Rincon shares with us the major differences of living in Mexico and life in the US.