Guevara, Fina; Correa, Carolina (self/facilitator). Yuma County Main Library, 2010-01-11T14:30:00
Interview Description
Fina Guevara (64), talks with facilitator, Carolina Correa (30s), about her parents and why she is so proud of them.
01:00 Fina came in to talk about her parents, Irene Casada Montagno and Antonio Montagno. They raised Fina and her 3 siblings in Los Angeles.
04:43 Fina talks about her parent's backgrounds. Her father, originally from Mexico didn't speak English. Her mother had a strong influence on her.
08:40 Physical descriptions of her mother and father.
12:36 Fina talks about the nature of her parent's relationship and shares favorite memories of their time together.
19:44 Lessons Fina has learned from her parents.
23:26 Fina talks about the relationship her father has with her son, who's father passed away when he was 6 years old.
27:31 Fina explains why she is so proud of her parents and leaves them a final message.
Dates
- Creation: 2010-01-11T14:30:00
Language of Materials
Interview in English
Topical
- Achievements and Awards
- American dream
- Antonio Montagno
- Baseball
- Birth
- Childcare
- Children
- Citizenship
- Coming Of Age
- Community Businesses
- Death
- Diabetes
- English
- Extended Family
- First Meetings
- Funerals
- Grandparents
- Identity
- Immigration Stories
- Irene Casada Montagno
- Job Satisfaction
- Los Angeles, CA
- Marriage
- Mexico
- Neighborhood Life
- Parents
- Schools
- Siblings
- Spanish
- Students
- Town Life
- U.S. Citizen
- Weddings
- Workday Life
- Yuma, AZ
- anecdotes (humorous but true stories)
- appearance
- bilingual
- birth of first child
- careers
- cohorts (groups of friends)
- college
- Ethnicity
- family dinner
- family expressions
- family naming and nicknames
- family reunions
- family traditions
- family trips and excursions
- first impression of America
- great-grandchildren
- green card
- illness
- language
- memories of former times
- memories of growing up
- money
- personal experiences
- pregnancy and pre-natal care
- regimens
- religious beliefs and practices
- school day memories
- social beliefs and practices
- spouse
- voting
- vows
- wedding anniversary
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