Gutierrez, Barbara; De La Cruz, Alejandro (other, other). East L.A. Public Library, 2010-02-28T15:30:00

File — Interview-ID: MBY006255

Interview Description

Barbara Gutierrez, 64, tells StoryCorps Mobile Facilitator Alejandro De La Cruz, 28, about the difficulties she experienced growing up as a Latina in the predominantly White west side of Los Angeles, about her parents, and about her work in education.

Facilitator Subject Log

2:25 BG talks about her parents' background and her father's business, a jewelry factory. Father was a WWII veteran.

5:50 BG talks about her school experiences in a predominantly White school. She did not speak English. "I cried every single day. "

12:40 BG talks about her work as a teacher and being asked to create programs for English Language Learners.

22:15 BG shares some of the experiences that made her aware of her identity as a Latina and the discrimination Latinos failed in the Los Angeles of the 1960s.

33:42 BG talks about her achievements working to improve education of students in Los Angeles.

35:44 BG discusses the influence her parents' work ethic and her Catholic education had on her.