Marriage

Interview Description Paula Rincón (74) is interviewed by her daughter, Cynthia Rincón (40) and her granddaughter, Stacey Crawford (31) about her advice as a mother and woman. Facilitator Subject Log 1:17 story of going to the park with her grandmother who wanted to give her advice 7:50 Paula's marriage was very traditional, deciding to express herself; marriage is 100% 18:51 Bringing God into your home; "nuestra herencia "is the gold that...

Interview Description Martha Elena Robles de Fernandez (60) habla de su niñeza y Salvador Fernandez (62) habla de su vida. [Martha Elena Robles de Fernandez (60) talks about her childhood and Salvador Fernandez (62) talks about his life.] Facilitator Subject Log 01:00 Martha nacio en Zacatecas y habla de su familia. 02:40 Martha habla de la primera vez que conocio a su esposo. 18:30 Salvador habla de su vida en Zacatecas, MX....

Interview Description Esperanza Rodriguez entrevista a su suegra, Eugenia Rodriguez sobre su niñez en un Rancho y los 15 hijos que tuve con su esposo. [Esperanza Rodriguez interviews her mother-in-law Eugenia Rodriguez about her childhood on a ranch and the 15 children she had with her husband.] Facilitator Subject Log 1:35 Eugenia nació en Mexicali. Se crió en La Paz con su abuela y su tío. 08:30 El papá de Eugenia regresó cuando tenía 14...

Interview Description Rosa Rodriguez (49) talks with son Alfredo Alexis Rodriguez (30) about their family and her life. Facilitator Subject Log 01:58 Rose was born in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico. She talks about leaving when she was six-months old. 02:45 Rosa talks about going back to Guadalajara in 2004 to see her father for the first time in 42 years. 12:40 Rosa talks about her grandparents and the store they owned named "El Pirri. "Her...

Interview Description Waldo Romo (81) is interviewed by his sister Gloria del Carmen Sierra (64) about their father, a hard working man with a good sense of humor. Their father was in his 50s by the time his wife gave birth to Gloria, so she never got to know him well and relies on her brother's stories to keep his memory alive. Facilitator Subject Log 2:50: three errors in Waldo's birth certificate 21:15: mother didn't trust American food unless it...

Interview Description Berta "Bertie "Saavedra and Pauline Cázares interview their father, Zeferino Saavedra about work and growing up in Mexico and the US. Facilitator Subject Log 00:50 Zeferino remembers coming to the US from Nuevo León Guanajuato, Mexico. He earned money picking up bottles and scraps on the way home from school. 10:15 The building of City Hall at La Placita. Zeferino was one of the first to climb to the top of the building....

Interview Description Nicole Di Rocca asks her parents about their recent family trip to Cuba and her parents' immigration from Cuba over 40 years ago. Facilitator Subject Log 01:22 Thais reads a poem she wrote called "49 years "about the recent family trip back to Cuba. 10:08 Thais and Javier talk about their parents' exodus from Cuba following Castro's revoution. 15:30 Thais expected to have her Quinceañera in Cuba but couldn't go...

Interview Description Deborah Martinez (55) interviews her friend, Alfie Salazar (74) about her life, especially in relation to her identity as Hispanic. Facilitator Subject Log 02:19 Alfie talks about her patents, and her childhood on her father's farm in Monte Vista, CO where she was born. 06:14 Alfie tells stories of the magpie bird tattle telling (in Spanish!) on Alfie and her siblings and cousins when they would get into trouble....

Interview Description Esmerelda interviews her husband, Rogelio, about coming to the US at age 6 and the values his family instilled in him. Facilitator Subject Log 11:20 Rogelio remembers going to the market and asking the Chinese shopkeeper for "ajo" because he couldn't say garlic. The man understood. 13:45 Drafted and went to Ft. Lewis, WA. He didn't tell his mother until the day before. At Ft. Lewis they told him he wasn't required to go to...

Interview Description Patricia Samarripa talks with her daughter Tori Leal about growing up with a single father. Facilitator Subject Log :38 Patty grew up in Uvalde, TX with her father; the values her father taught her; town drunk 6:30 Tori is a hero at her age; story of Tori saving a child's life at McDonald's; Tori's memory of that day 18:40 Patty was driver of the year in Houston; memories of Tori at Metro; they do everything together;...