Interview with Donna DeCesare, 2014 May 02

Interview conducted in English. Donna DeCesare, a photojournalist, educator, writer, and professor of Journalism at University of Texas at Austin, details her experiences living and working in Central America, primarily El Salvador. In this interview, DeCesare begins by describing her initial involvement in photojournalism and her interest in Central America. DeCesare describes her time living in El Salvador during the Salvadoran Civil War, the relationships she formed while working as a photojournalist, and her current work in Central America. In addition to her work in El Salvador, DeCesare describes living and working in Guatemala, Costa Rica, and Nicaragua, and her photographic work in each of those countries. This interview was conducted by Gabriel Pérez, a graduate student in Journalism, whose research focuses on photojournalism and issues of identity and cultural heritage within Latin America.