People of the Rio Grande Valley Border Towns: Mitch

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...

Gricelda talks about her life in Richmond, raising a daughter while balancing two cultures, and her hopes for Richmond

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...

Interview with Maca (grandma)
December 22, 2022 App Interview

I interviewed my grandmother Carmen Olmos who is 76 years old. In this interview we discussed what life was like for her growing up in Jalisco.

el Camino de Domingo

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...

The push

We talked about life in Mexico for her and what drove her to come to the united states and if she was ever ready to have a daughter with down syndrome.

Leaving your country behind

A 18 year old man has to leave his country to help his sister when diagnosed with cancer.

Buela

A grandmother recalls her life growing up in Mexico, becoming a mom, and confessing her opinions on the president.

New Beginning

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

Cristian Alvarez interviews his father Rafael Alvarez

In this interview, conducted in September 2018 in the Bronx, New York, Cristian interviews his father. They talked about what his father's life and what it was like. They also talked about what his father went through when coming to...

Immigration Interview: Bito

Catarino Salazar, 93 years of age, talks about his travels to America.

El Paso (Guerrero Mexico)

My mom goes on to talk about her infancy in Mexico and how her life has been since. She talks about how her ranch was organized and how people lived back then

Story Corps

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

Interview with my dad

I interviewed my dad. I asked him what life was like in Mexico and what he misses about it.

Moms interview

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.

My mother, Miriam Menchaca, and her life

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.