Burwick, Vilma; Stoney, Shannon (friend/friend). Discovery Green Park, 2009-11-29T10:30:00

File — Interview-ID: MBY006008

Interview Description

Shannon Stoney (55) interviews her friend, Vilma Burwick(42) who grew up in Peru, met her husband in an airport and is now in the US studying Biology.

Facilitator Subject Log

8:52 Met her husband Ketih in the airport. He offered her the newspaper. She was listening to her first ipod and didn't want to talk to anyone. He kept telling her how beautiful she was. She gave him her email and the wrote each other, using a dictionary to understand.

14:04 She worked in Peru as a nurse. The pay was very low and she had to choose between eating breakfast or dinner.

16:40 When she came to the United States she went to the doctor for the first time. She is so grateful to have healthcare. Here there is a doctor for everything!

24:13 She works at HCC with a lot of different cultures. Even Spanish speaking cultures are very different. Sometimes they speak to each other in English because their Spanish is so different.

32:17 Her husband loves his dog and Vilma's mother couldn't believe that the dog sleeps in the house.