Marriage

Interview Description Ana Hepler, 59, talks to her daughter Tracy Hepler, 26, about her immigration to the United States, including the difficulties she encountered on the road, and her first months in America. Facilitator Subject Log 4:55 AH's plans of going to America. 7:20 AH's problems encountered as she traveled through Mexico on way to Los Angeles: being abandoned by bus driver, being denied shelter by woman who had previously promised to help...

Interview Description Sandra Heralda, 59, talks to her sister Gracie Apodaca, 60, and her niece Corina Apodaca Lash, 32, about the community she grew up, her education and work life, and her mother. Facilitator Subject Log 5:55 SH recalls when she first grew aware that her family was poor and of her socioeconomic status. At her first job at City Hall, people would be surprised that someone had brown eyes. 11:00 SH remembers some of her favorite...

Interview Description Etelvina Hernandez (81) is interviewed by her daughters, Monica García (47) and Maribel Barrera (45) about her childhood in México, her life in the U.S. and her job with Mary Kay Cosmetics. Facilitator Subject Log 1:39 Etelvina nació en Michocan; su abuela; no le gusta el rancho 5:34 getting trouble in school; started working at 14 years old; hours she worded; money that she earned 18:41 making food: tortillas and...

Interview Description Lourdes Hernandez (54) talks with facilitator Nina Porzucki (30) about her modest beginnings to attaining a law degree from Harvard. Facilitator Subject Log 00:50 Lourdes was born in Mexico to a single mother named Elgracia. Her mother's family were farmers and impoverished. 04:00 Lourdes traveled with her family to Calexico, TX when she was five-years-old and that's where she began school. She describes the first day of school...

Interview Description Paulina Herrera, 49, y Amed Zamora, 32, esposos, hablan de su empresa, sus creencias sociales y de su lugar de nacimiento. [Paulina Herrera, 49, and Amed Zamora, 32, husband and wife, talk about their small business, their social beliefs, and their place of birth.] Facilitator Subject Log 2:04 PH habla de las responsibilidades y satisfacciones que conlleva tener una empresa. 7:06 PH habla de sus conocimientos y logros...

Interview Description Noel Heysquierdo (15) talks with his father, Rick Heysquierdo (50) about memories of their road trips together, about his mother's recent diagnosis with cancer, about memories of Rick's childhood. Facilitator Subject Log 2:00 What Rick thought he would be when he grew up? Never thought he'd be a Dad; he was poor growing up, had no idea what he wanted to be 6:23 lessons from relationships: "You're one constant in my life "; Noel's...

Interview Description Hortencia Ibarra, 88, y su hija Rosario Ibarra Armenta, 67, hablan con su hijo/hermano José Luis Valenzuela, 59, acerca de la muerte de sus hijos/hermanos, especialmente de hija/hermana Teresa, de la violencia en México y su niñezes y amores. [Hortencia Ibarra, 88, and her daughter Rosario Ibarra Armenta, 67, talk to their son/brother José Luis Valenzuela, 59, about the death of three of their children/brothers, specially the death of daughter/sister Teresa, about the violence in...

Interview Description Bertha Ibarra Parle (62) read a prepared story about her family traditions growing up on the Mexican/American border. Facilitator Subject Log 1:13 growing up in Ciudad Juárez; living between two different worlds, two different cultures 6:35 El día de cócono; pumpkin pie; frijolitos, posole y guacamole; Posadas; ponche 14:34 the story of how her parents met; father couldn't go to war; meeting her mother at a dance...

Interview Description Carol Jacques talks to her husband, Bill rumble about her grandparents' emigration to the US from Mexico at the turn of the century and the community of Chavez Ravine where her family had their home until the community was razed. Facilitator Subject Log 01:11 Carol's grandparents and stories of their lives in poverty in Mexico. When they emigrated to the US, the family carried a stone corn-grinder called a metate all the way....

Interview Description Felicitas Larios, 69, conversa con su hija Lorena Larios-Magaña, 41, acerca de su niñez en México, su vida adulta en los Estados Unidos y sus experiencias amorosas y laborales. [Felicitas Larios, 69, talks to her daughter Lorena Larios-Magaña, 41, about her childhood in Mexico, her adult life in the United States, and her love and work experiences.] Facilitator Subject Log 3:00 Vida de FL en el rancho donde nació. "Crecer ahí fue...