Community Businesses

Interview Description Angela Mosqueda (16) and friend Jocelyn Pliego (16) talk about their families and school. Facilitator Subject Log 04:00 Angela tells her immigration story. She arrived in Anaheim with her family when she was 5-years-old. Her family emigrated from Leon, Guanajuato, Mexico. 06:20 Angela and Jocelyn talk about where and when they first met. 17:00 Jocelyn talks about the clubs and programs that are missing her from high...

Interview Description Ana Ochoa, de 54 años, habla con Jeanette Diez Martínez, trabajadora en la bibioteca de San Luis de 49 años, acerca de las condiciones de trabajo que buscaba cambiar la unión de trabajadores campesinos (UFW, por sus siglas en Inglés) y sus envolvimiento con el sindicato. [Ana Ochoa, 54, talks to San Luis library worker Jeanette Diez Martínez, 49, about the field working conditions that the United Farm Workers (UFW) sought to change and her own involvement with the...

Interview Description Chandra Olague and Pedro Miguel "Mike "Olague, married, recount their relationship and marriage on their fifteenth anniversary. Facilitator Subject Log 1:10 Mike recounts time in jail. 2:30 Mike recounts meeting Chandra. 9:55 Mike recounts jail time after couple returns to Arizona from Washington. "She was sending letters every day. " 14:40 Chandra's version of meeting Mike. "Then, I knew. "...

Interview Description Rosalia Olaya (40) habla con su amiga Silvia Jimenez (55) de su vida en Oaxaca, Mexico y cuenta su viaje de Oaxaca a Los Angeles, CA. [Rsalia Olaya (40) talks with her friend Silvia Jimenez (55) about her life in Oaxaca, MX and her emigration from Oaxaca to Los Angeles.] Facilitator Subject Log 01:00 Rosalia habla de su vida en Oaxaca. Cuenta la historia de como llego a Los Angeles. 04:00 Rosalia cuenta la historia de como...

Interview Description Javier Pacheco, de 49 años, entrevista a su madre Guadalupe Pacheco, de 81 años, y a su tía María Saldivar, de 85 años, sobre sus vidas laborales y sus experiencias viviendo en la ciudad de Los Angeles. [Javier Pacheco, 49, interviews his mother Guadalupe Pacheco, 81, and his aunt, 85, about their working lives and their experiences living in Los Angeles.] Facilitator Subject Log 1:00 JP introduces his family and the purpose of...

Interview Description Xavier Padilla, 76, tell his daughter Lisa Padilla, 47, about his childhood, his different occupations, his family, and his former neighborhood East Los Angeles. Facilitator Subject Log 0:50 XP talks about how his parents migrated to the United States, in the 1920s. 3:20 XP recalls some of the occupations his father had. Most of the jobs were in manufacturing, and during the Depression, XP's father Jerónimo (or Jerome) worked for...

Interview Description Inez Perez tells her grandchildren, Tony Estrada and Christy Rios about their family history, her life growing up and meeting and marrying her husband, Tony Perez. Facilitator Subject Log 01:12 Inez's parents' names and her family name, Najar. Their emigration from Mexico to El Paso and then Pasadena. 06:24 Inez remembers meeting Tony Perez, her future husband at a restaurant. They were married two weeks later with an El Paso...

Interview Description Stephanie Lorraine Pla and Roxanne Briceno-Padilla discuss military life, being a military widow, and living in bilingual and bicultural contexts. Facilitator Subject Log 2:20 SP discusses being a woman in the military. 7:10 RBP talks about her husband Fernando Padilla, who was killed in Iraq. 9:20 SP and RBP discuss challenges for military widows 17:25 SP discusses being in a bicultural marriage (Puerto...

Interview Description Marithza Quiroz, 30, is interviewed by her friend Gita Endore, 65, about her life in GUaymas, Mexico, her life in the United States, and her personal aspirations. Facilitator Subject Log 1:40 MQ's first impressions of Los Angeles. First day and weeks, first job. 5:00 MQ's fond memories of her grandfather, walking to the rail road offices and buying ice cream afterwards. 12:10 MQ's tense relationship with her father,...

Interview Description Adam Fajardo (12), interviews his grandmother, Emilia Carrillo (63) about her experiences living in Mexico and the United States and her goals and dreams in life. Emilia talks at length about her father, her hero, who raised her. Facilitator Subject Log 01:00 Emilia talks about her childhood. She was born in the US, but moved to Mexico with her sister at 4 yrs old, where they were raised by their grandmother. 06:12 Emilia recalls...