Town Life

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 Tania Rodriguez, 32, talks to her fiancee Fabricio Aguilar, 29, about her involvement in AIDS care and education, the arts magazine the couple has founded in El Salvador, and motherhood. Facilitator Subject Log 0:45 TR talks about her job as an AIDS health educator, in which capacity she provides cultural and linguistic competency training. 6:30 TR on her responsibilities on the board of an AIDS care organization....

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 Manuel Ronquillo, 32, and his sister Rebecca Ronquillo, 33, remember their mother and their older brother and share some of their favorite memories of both their family and their upbringing in the housing projects of East Los Angeles. Facilitator Subject Log 0:50 RR explains purpose for coming to StoryCorps booth: remembering death mother. 1:55 MR talks about what he misses about his mother. SIblings talk about their mother's...

Interview Description Ana Maria Ruiz (46) talks with her sister Veronica Ibarra (30) about their mother. Facilitator Subject Log 05:20 Ana talks about living with her grandparents in Guatemala without her mother because her mother Maria Montenegro was living in Los Angeles, CA. Ana was 7 when her mother left. 09:30 Ana tells the story about how she came to Los Angeles when she was 14. She arrived with her mother. 14:50 Ana talks about the...

Interview Description Edward H Ruiz (73) talks with facilitator Jorge Rios (24) about his life in Los Angeles, Ca. Facilitator Subject Log 01:00 Edward reads a story he wrote about his life. He talks about moving from Arizona to Van Nuys, Ca and some of his first jobs. 03:00 Edward talks about being a shoe-shiner when he was 7. He also talks about finding a treasure chest when houses were being vacated at Bunker Hill. 10:30 Edward talks...

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;...

Interview Description Rosalinda Sanchez (43) and Carmen Abeyta (63) talk about their experiences as Latinas and Chicanas, their families and their experience with "curanderos ", or healers. Facilitator Subject Log 00:48 Rosalinda was born in Washington State. Her parents were migrant farmers with a cucumber farm. Carmen was born in Montrose, CO and her parents were also farmers. 09:30 Rosalinda talks about dealing with racism and discrimination in her...