Burrows-Henrice, Luz; Castro, Cristina; Castro Calzada, Maria (mother/daughter/daughter). Discovery Green Park, 2009-11-29T17:30:00

File — Interview-ID: MBY006011

Interview Description

Luz Burrows-Henrice (57) is interviewed by her daughters, Cristina Castro (24) and Maria Calzada (34) about coming to the United States from Chile and her career, marriage, and divorce.

Facilitator Subject Log

1:20 Luz' childhood in Chile; parents names; grew up with her grandparents; work ethic from her grandfather

7:26 fears of what what would happen to Luz in the U.S.; Luz' father was in the U.S.; how hard it was to leave Chile

15:00 getting her own apartment in NYC; never worked before coming to the states; saving her money; took her husband a year to follow her out to the U.S.

24:14 made a point to learn English as well as she spoke Spanish; job working for a city marshal

33:00 "My greatest accomplishment is the two of you. "