Piña, Armandina; Piña, Christina (mother/daughter). Discovery Green Park, 2009-11-28T14:30:00

File — Interview-ID: MBY006005

Interview Description

Armandina Piña (67) is interviewed by her daugher, Christina Piña (33) about her childhood in Taft, TX, about picking cotton when she was an adolescent and her memories of Christina when she was little.

Facilitator Subject Log

1:41 working in the cotton fields at 12 or 13 years old; getting up early in the day; 8 brothers, 1 sister

5:03 story of meeting her future husband at church; she was 16 when she got married; married for 50 years

13:18 teaching Christina how to make tortillas; taking time to dress up Christina when she was little

19:10 Christina's memories of her grandmother; holiday traditions; Christina's hopes for the future

24:16 elementary cafeteria cashier; favorite part of her job was listening to the pre-k children