Interview of Blanca Henriquez
- Title
- Interview of Blanca Henriquez
- Description
- This interview between Blanca Henriquez and Ivonne Gonzalez explores Blanca's experiences growing up during the Salvadoran Civil War and how she came to the United States. Blanca and her family were able to immigrate due to her father's work visa.
This interview was conducted as part of an undergraduate final project for the University of Maryland, College Park course HIST 428M (Spring 2019). This course was led by Professor Anne Rush of the Department of History, College of Arts and Humanities, and was sponsored by the Center for Global Migration Studies. - Creator
- Ivonne Gonzalez
- Publisher
- Center for Global Migration Studies
- Date
- March 11, 2019
- Rights
- The full rights of this oral history interview were given by the interviewee to the University of Maryland, College Park. This interview may be quoted from, published, or broadcast in any medium that the University of Maryland, College Park shall deem appropriate.
- Format
- MP3, PDF, JPG
- Type
- Oral History
Dublin Core
- Original Format
- MP3, PDF, JPG
- Interviewer
- Ivonne Gonzales
- Interviewee
- Blanca Henriquez
- Location
- Silver Spring, Maryland, USA
Oral History Item Type Metadata
Collection
Tags
American DreamCatholicismCentral Americachildhoodchildhood migrationChildrencivil warcultureeducationEl Salvadoremploymentfamilyfamily reunificationgender rolesgrandparentsGreen Cardhigher educationimmigration processjobslanguageLanguage BarriermotherhoodreligionsafetySalvadoran Civil Warsiblingstraditionsvisa
Citation
Ivonne Gonzalez, “Interview of Blanca Henriquez,” The Archive of Immigrant Voices, accessed May 12, 2026, https://archiveofimmigrantvoices.omeka.net/items/show/80.