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Interview of Jose (Pseudonym)
This interview between Edwin Ramirez and Jose (pseudonym) covers Jose’s experience immigrating from El Salvador to the United States in order to escape the civil war in his home country in the 1980s. Jose describes the process of his immigration…
Tags: border crossing, civil war, El Salvador, Language Barrier, Mexico, sports
Interview of Norma
This interview between Kendall Ohm and Norma (pseudonym) explores Norma’s experience as an immigrant to the United States from Mexico City. When Norma was just one year old, her family relocated to California to join her father who had been working…
Tags: assimilation, bilingual, border crossing, childhood, childhood migration, Children, Citizenship, culture, Culture Shock, Diversity, education, family reunification, food, grandparents, Green Card, higher education, holidays, Mexico, politics, racism, safety, siblings, teacher, technology, traditions, Transportation, US politics
Interview of Elisa Jimenez Juarez
This interview between Sonia Colon and Elisa Jimenez Juarez explores Jimenez's experiences as an immigrant to the United States from Mexico.
***This interview is restricted to the University of Maryland College Park's campus. For more…
***This interview is restricted to the University of Maryland College Park's campus. For more…
Tags: border crossing, family, food, language, Mexico
Interview of Bruno Diaz
This interview between Sophia Mattison and Bruno Diaz (pseudonym) explores Diaz's experiences as an immigrant to the United States from Mexico.
This interview was conducted as part of an undergraduate final project for the University of Maryland,…
This interview was conducted as part of an undergraduate final project for the University of Maryland,…
Interview of Julio Cerón
This interview between Montana Monardes and Julio Cerón explores Cerón's experiences as an immigrant to the United States from El Salvador
This interview was conducted as part of an undergraduate final project for the University of Maryland,…
This interview was conducted as part of an undergraduate final project for the University of Maryland,…
Interview of Violeta Rivas.
In this oral history interview, Violeta Rivas discusses her experience as an American immigrant. Born in Nicaragua in 1960, Violeta and her husband came to the U.S. in 1984 to escape the Sandinista regime and to build a new life. Thirty years later,…
Tags: Catholic, Central America, El Salvador, Mexico, migrant, Nicaragua, Peru, Sandinista
Interview of Carlos Morales
This oral history interview is of Carlos Morales, the father of the interviewer, Monica Morales. Carlos immigrated to the United States in the 1980s from El Salvador.
Tags: Canada, Central America, Chula Vista, civil war, El Salvador, Guadalajara, Guatemala, Mexico, migrant, revolution, Tijuana