De Santiago, Martha; De Santiago, Gumaro; De Santiago, Brenda (mother, father, daughter). East L.A. Public Library, 2010-03-01T17:30:00
Interview Description
Martha De Santiago, 54, and her husband Gumaro De Santiago, 58, talk to their daughter Brenda De Santiago, 26, about their marriage and share relationship advice.
1:30 MS and GS recall meeting each other for the first time at a club. GS asked MS to dance. Both recall what they looked like back then.
6:25 MS and GS talk about having their first child and moving in together. Favorite memories of living together. They went everywhere together - "como uña y mugre. "
17:10 MS and GS reflect on what it was like to raise four children and talk about their decision to by a home in the Los Angeles neighborhood of Highland Park. MS recalls trying to obtain a loan to renovate the house, which was in dangerously bad physical condition.
23:30 MS and GS share their favorite memories of the house in Highland Park.
28:40 GS shares his advice for his children, most of whom have recently married. MS chimes in: "give 100% to your marriage. "MS and GS offer their full, unlimited support - "we are always going to be there. "
Dates
- Creation: 2010-03-01T17:30:00
Topical
- Achievements and Awards
- Anniversaries
- Children
- Community Businesses
- Community Organizations
- Dances
- Engagements
- Extended Family
- Fear
- First Meetings
- Lovers
- Marriage
- Neighborhood Life
- Parents
- Purchase of first home
- Urban Life
- Weddings
- anecdotes (humorous but true stories)
- birth of first child
- clubbing/bars
- college
- dancing
- family characters
- family expressions
- family in-jokes
- family naming and nicknames
- personal experiences
- social beliefs and practices
- spouse
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