Death

Interview Description Barbara Gutierrez, 64, tells StoryCorps Mobile Facilitator Alejandro De La Cruz, 28, about the difficulties she experienced growing up as a Latina in the predominantly White west side of Los Angeles, about her parents, and about her work in education. Facilitator Subject Log 2:25 BG talks about her parents' background and her father's business, a jewelry factory. Father was a WWII veteran. 5:50 BG talks about her school...

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 Facilitator Alejandro interviews Jesse about his family history, and the car accident that killed his parents, leaving his brother Pedro, to raise 10 kids. Facilitator Subject Log 13:53 Sometimes people ask Jesse how long he has been in Texas, thinking he came recently. He tells them 8 generations. 14:29 Jesse thinks back to himself at 19 and doesn't know if he would've been able to do what his brother Pedro did....

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 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 Graciela Kavullo (68) talks with husband Timothy Kavulla (65) about her grandmother Adelida Garza Reyes and her work as a midwife in Mexico. Facilitator Subject Log 01:00 Graciela talks about having trouble knowing how to pronounce her grandmother's name when she was a younger child. She remembers always calling her "Abuelita "[grandmother] Ipa. 05:00 Graciela talks about how her grandmother got into midwifery in Mexico after she...

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...

Interview Description Laura Murphy (56) interviews her aunt, Henrietta Green Leon (81) about Henrietta's life growing up in Yuma, living with her husband all over the country and the time the two have spent together. Facilitator Subject Log 00:50 Henrietta's nicknames: Lemon and Titi. 04:30 Henrietta remembers being the first Hispanic in Pep Club; Laura remembers electing the first Hispanic homecoming queen. 08:10 Henrietta met her...

Interview Description Alice talks about childhood. Melissa remembers her mother (and Alice's daughter), Elaine Humphrey who passed away from cancer. Facilitator Subject Log 17:44 When Melissa's mom got sick, her sister Alicia needed to be taken care of. Everyone always listened to mom because she was always right. 21:30 "Did you ever think she was going to die? " No. " 30:10 Melissa's mom was so kind and patient, and Melissa doesn't feel...