Workday Life

Interview Description José "Joe "Aguilar (24) and his sister Beatriz Aguilar (17) talk about growing in in racially tense South Central Los Angeles. Facilitator Subject Log 01:30 José and his parents moved to South Central Los Angeles from Hollywood when he was seven. He talks about experiencing the LA Riots of 1992. 06:50 José talks about being a minority in his high school. He talks about being called a "White Boy "because he spoke English fluently....

Interview Description Olivia and her partner talk about their family histories and their life together. Facilitator Subject Log 00:35 Olivia's great grandmother in Laredo, Mexico. She couldn't read but she could count. She made 10 tortillas and put a bean aside, and then she would trade a bean for a peso to the shop. 12:00 Joséphine, Olivia's mother, found her cousin dead on the floor, killed by her husband. 16:18 Olivia's mother gave her...

Interview Description Facilitator Jorge Rios interviews JoAnn Amavisca-Singh about her family who were pioneers in Yuma, Arizona. Facilitator Subject Log 02:10 JoAnn remembers her childhood in Yuma--going to the movies on Saturday and playing with her sister. 09:40 JoAnn's parents. 18:30 Family's cattle and cattle drives. JoAnn remembers a time the family was stranded by high water during one of the drives down to Tecate. 27:18...

Interview Description Lorenzo Mariano Andre, de 87 años, le cuenta a la facilitadora Anna Walters, de 27 años, sobre su vida laboral, su inmigración a Estados Unidos como parte del Program Bracero, su envolvimiento durante las huelgas de la unión de campesinos (UFW, por sus siglas en Inglés) y sus recuerdos de líder y fundador de la unión, Cesar Chavez. [Lorenzo Mariano Andre, 87, talks to Mobile Facilitator Anna Walters, 27, about his work life, his immigration to the United States as a participant...

Interview Description Cid Kallen (28) interviews his friend and boss, José Angel de la Vara (62) about his poetry, upbringing, his experiences as a lawyer, and his love of Yuma. Facilitator Subject Log 01:37 José explains how he became a poet and reads one of his poems. 07:48 José talks about his upbringing and schooling in Yuma. 15:30 José ends up attending college and law school. He has been a lawyer for 33 years. 18:51 José...

Interview Description Frank Aranza (80) is interviewed by Evelyn McKnight (81) about growing up in Houston, TX and enlisting in the military at 15 years old. Facilitator Subject Log 1:00 Facilitator, Nina Porzucki reads a paper describing Frank's family history 10:00 Frank was born on the northside of Houston; school in Houston; segregated from other students because he was not able to speak English 17:08 Americans of Mexican descent;...

Interview Description Hope Arce (72) talks with her niece Minerva Pérez McEnelly (54) about the discrimination she has faced as a Mexican-American and family genealogy. Facilitator Subject Log 3:17 descrimination that Emilio (Hope's father) faced; he was left handed and he never learned to read or write 9:02 punished at school for speaking Spanish; family of firsts; first Sheriff of Alamo; Minerva was punished for speaking Spanish in the first...

Interview Description Dorotea Archuleta (71) talks with husband Rey Archuleta (72) about counseling couples for 32 years, at their church, before they get married. Facilitator Subject Log 01:20 Dorothy talks about joining Our Lady of Guadalupe in 1957. She was looking for a job and wanted to join the Catholic church. 05:00 Dorothy tells the story about how they started a program to counsel couples wanting to get married. The program is called "Focus...

Interview Description Catrina Archuleta intervews her mother, Pauline Archuleta and Pauline's life growing up in East LA and the sacrifices she made for Catrina as a mother. Facilitator Subject Log 01:03 Growing up in the East LA Estrada Courts projects. Pauline's first fight that earned her a tough reputation. 09:03 Reaction of Pauline's parents to her pregnancy at 17. Her mother insisted on an abortion. Pauline went out and found her alcoholic...

Interview Description Carolyn Benitez (54) interviews her friend, Cirilo Arteaga (85) about his life experiences as a Mexican American, including his childhood and schooling in Wichita, his work as an interpreter, and his involvement in sports. Facilitator Subject Log 01:13 Cirilo recalls his childhood neighborhood, growing up in the barrio area of Wichita, KS. 04:37 Cirilo talks about his parents, their experience crossing the border, and what they...