Neyra, Raquel; Neyra, Cynthia (daughter, mother). East L.A. Public Library, 2010-03-01T11:30:00

File — Interview-ID: MBY006257

Interview Description

Raquel Neyra (52) is interviewed by her daughter Cynthia Neyra (28) about immigrating to America from Mexico, working lots jobs, and teaching her kids about the importance of education.

Facilitator Subject Log

4:00: used to wear a suit to work in Mexico, and in America she got jobs cleaning

7:00: has had a lot of very random jobs in America, like tiling and painting

7:20: Raquel and her husband are very hard workers; they've owned lots of businesses

15:00: sometimes worked 2 or 3 jobs

17:00: Raquel and her husband have worked many jobs

17:30: Cynthia helped her parents write business contracts in English when she was 7 years old.

18:50: parents always understood the importance of education; college was something Cynthia had to do

21:50: Raquel gave Cynthia tools for living

30:50: Raquel is very happy with her children