Mora, Juanita Alice; Mora, Dino (mother, son). East L.A. Public Library, 2010-03-01T12:30:00
Interview Description
Juanita Alice Mora, 69, tells her son Dino Mora, 46, about her parents, her life in East L.A., her schooling, and her husband.
1:05 JM's parents were born in Chihuahua, Mexico, but settled in East Los Angeles.
4:10 JM recalls the schools she attended in East Los Angeles, some of her teachers, and shares anecdotes about the services that schools offered.
10:24 JM recalls meeting her husband. They met at a sanitarium in the San Fernando Valley, where she had to stay six months after contracting tuberculosis.
Dates
- Creation: 2010-03-01T12:30:00
Topical
- Achievements and Awards
- Birth
- Children
- Community Businesses
- Community Characters
- Community Organizations
- Death
- Engagements
- First Meetings
- Great Depression stories
- Immigration Stories
- Marriage
- Neighborhood Life
- Parents
- Schools
- Siblings
- Singing
- Students
- Teachers
- Urban Life
- Weddings
- anecdotes (humorous but true stories)
- appearance
- birth of first child
- craft, skills, and procedures
- Ethnicity
- family characters
- family expressions
- family naming and nicknames
- family reunions
- illness
- memories of growing up
- money
- personal experiences
- regimens
- school day memories
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