Valdez, Patricia Nora; Cruz, Yolanda (coworker/coworker). Discovery Green Park, 2009-11-19T15:30:00
Interview Description
Patricia Valdez talks with her co-worker and friend, Yolanda Cruz about growing up in Laredo, moving to Houston, the death of her father, and the role of education in her life.
:50 Pat has lived in Houston since 1989 to teach second grade
9:00 Pat's mother sewed a lot; Pat's regrets in life: she wishes that she had told her father that she loved him
13:40 father was killed; hitchhiker; woke up Sunday in the hospital; the loss of her father; father's name
23:00 Yolanda's proudest moments: education; coming from a family that didn't believe in education
31:00 going to college; challenges during school; family illness; Yolanda wishes she had graduated sooner
Dates
- Creation: 2009-11-19T15:30:00
Topical
- Achievements and Awards
- Alzheimer's
- B.A
- Changes In Education
- Children
- Coming Of Age
- Divorce
- Extended Family
- Favorite Songs
- First Job
- Graduation
- Instrument Playing
- Job Satisfaction
- M.A
- Masters Degree
- Mother's Day
- Mother's Day Serenade
- Parents
- Schools
- Sewing/Craft Groups
- Siblings
- Singing
- Students
- Teachers
- Traumatic Memories
- University of Houston
- Workday Life
- accidents
- bachelors degree
- brain injury trauma
- car accident
- college
- education administration
- elementary education
- family characters
- family heroes
- family traditions
- memories of former times
- memories of growing up
- personal experiences
- regrets
- school counseling
- school day memories
- social beliefs and practices
- song composing
- spouse
- teaching fourth grade
- teaching second grade
Repository Details
Part of the Benson Latin American Collection, The University of Texas at Austin Repository
2300 Red River Street
Austin Texas 78712 United States
(512) 495-4578
bensonspecialcollections@austin.utexas.edu