Achievements and Awards

Interview Description Lourdes Campos (50) and friend John Rivera Sedlar (55) talk about Latino/Hispanic food trends. Facilitator Subject Log 03:20 John talks about how he got started with food and how his interests began. 07:20 John talks about arriving in Los Angeles from Santa Fe, NM during the bicentennial anniversary of America. 10:15 John talks about the different tamales his company introduced and also the evolution of tamales....

Interview Description Phillip Cano (80) talks with his friend and former coworker, Jerry Chapman (73) about their experiences working in the fire department in Yuma, AZ. Facilitator Subject Log 02:06 Phillip talks about his family and his childhood in Somerton, AZ. 05:03 Jerry is an A.I.O. - an Arizona Improved Okie. Jerry came to Yuma from Oklahoma during the Dust Bowl. 06:57 Both recall when the joined the fire department and share...

Interview Description Graciela Bustos Cantu (33) talks with husband Juan Andres Cantu (43) about living in Cuernavaca, Mexico, her childhood and her future goals. Facilitator Subject Log 00:57 Graciela was born in Cuernavaca, Mexico. She talks about her childhood there up until she was 8-years-old. 06:20 Graciela says she had two distinct childhoods: her childhood in Mexico and her childhood in the United States. She talks about the different school...

Interview Description Cynthia "Cyd " interviews her mom, Domenica "Minnie ", about her life. Facilitator Subject Log 2:58 Minnie loved her father. He grew up in Italy but traveled a lot and spoke many languages. Her mother was from New Mexico and spoke Spanish, not English. 5:10 Minnie started working young. She worked from 4-7am in a bakery and then went to school and sold movie tickets after school. 7:05 After high school she worked for...

Interview Description Janet Carballo (27) y su amiga Martha Fazzoni (43) hablan de sus vidas en los E.E.U.U. [Janet Carballo (27) and friend Martha Fazzoni (43) talks about their lives in the United States.] Facilitator Subject Log 01:00 Janet nacio en Estado de Mexico, pero se mudo a la frontera - Tamaulipas - cuando tenia 10 años. Tiene un año en los Estados Unidos. 02:40 Martha nacio en Montevideo, Uruguay y se mudo a los Estados Unidos hace siete...

Interview Description Connie Carisalez reminisces with her sister Claudie Carisalez Morland about their great grandparents and their grandparents. Facilitator Subject Log 3:25 Claudia remembers her great grandparents' funerals; they died a week apart from each other 10:13 memories of their great grandmother's tortillas; grandma Carisalez had a temper; divorced; the Christmas she passed away 18:00 description of grandmother Lopez; she...

Interview Description Pamela Carvajal Drapala (55) talks about her love and passion for Yuma, AZ, how it influences her art and writings. Pamela also talks about her husband, daughters, her father and her heritage. Facilitator Subject Log 0:30 Pam talks about growing up and living all her life in Yuma, AZ 2:38 Pam talks about her father and her heritage that is dates all the way back to when Columbus came to America 4:52 Pam describes her...

Interview Description Facilitator Jorge Rios (24) talks with Art Castricone (55) about his life in Yuma and his long-time commitment to the Yuma Fire Department. Facilitator Subject Log 01:22 Art recalls when he first came to Yuma with the Marine Corps. 08:17 After leaving the Marine Corps, Art married, had children, and started working for the fire department. 12:07 Art shares early memories from his time working in the fire...

Interview Description Magdalena Vigil interviews her grandmother, Perfecta Contreras about Perfecta's life growing up separated from her own mother, her marriages and children. Facilitator Subject Log 01:48 Magdalena calls Perfecta "Abuelita "or "'uelita. " Perfecta was born in San Antonio, Texas. Later she moved back to Mexico with her father who wouldn't let Perfecta's mother see her children. 09:48 Perfecta's life on the ranch with her father....

Interview Description Elvia interviews her father and tells him how much she loves him and how much he means to her life. Facilitator Subject Log 6:30 Celso's hobby is playing accordion. He loves music and has passed on the passion to Elvia. She still gets goosebumps when she hears la música norteña. 9:40 Elvia went to U of St. Thomas where there were plenty of rich kids. She cleaned houses to put herself through school and never was embarrassed. Her...