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Interview Description Felix Fraga (80) and his wife Nelly Fraga (67) are interviewed by their son, Bolivar Fraga (35) about their work in the second ward community of Houston and how they first met, fell in love, and got married. Facilitator Subject Log 2:42 celebrating Felix's birthday with his two sons and granddaughter and the of the people that Felix has helped over the years. 9:31 Felix and Nelly's first memories of each other; Felix was waiting...

Interview Description Mary Garces is interviewed by her daughter Lucinda Garces about how her mother came to the United States from Mexico and about her childhood in Texas and the discrimination that she felt as an American of Mexican descent. Facilitator Subject Log :54 Why did Mary's grandparents immigrate to the United States from Mexico? Crossed the river into the U.S. during the Mexican revolution 5:14 discrimination by white people; refers to...

Interview Description Alfonso Castillo Garcia (84) talks with his granddaughter Renee Sanchez (36) about his life. Facilitator Subject Log 01:15 Alfonso has 4 living siblings. He talks about the two siblings that have passed away. Alfonso was born in New Mexico. 03:40 Alfonso tells the story about how he met his wife. She was 22 and he was 26. 07:40 Alfonso talks about Local 300: the union he belonged to when he worked in construction....

Interview Description Joséph E Garcia (84) and Beatrice Garcia (83) talk with their grandson Sergio Vasquez Jr (28) about their lives in Los Angeles, CA. Facilitator Subject Log 01:20 Beatrice was born in Bunker Hill, Los Angeles, CA. Joséph was born in East Los Angeles. 04:40 Joséph tells a story about riding his bicycle with his friends to the beach when he was 10-years-old. 10:50 Beatrice recalls memories from growing up during the...

Interview Description Lawrence "Larry "Garcia is interviewed by facilitator, Sara Culver about his childhood in rural Kansas, his service in the Marine Corps and how he became the fire chief in Wichita, KS for 22 years. Facilitator Subject Log 1:01 born in 1936 in small community in Western Kansas; father could hardly speak English 4:25 only two of his siblings graduated from high school; interpreting for their father 15:40 Marine Corps...

Interview Description Alfredo and Veronica talk about their work with the community through Family Services of Greater Houston and their Mexican-American identity and heritage. Facilitator Subject Log 1:00 Alfredo is Mexican-American. His parents both grew up in Texas. His father didn't speak English until he joined the army. He is one of ten children and both of his parents came from large families. 5:45 Alfredo lived in Louisiana for a time. he went...

Interview Description Facilitator Anna Walters (27) interviews Amalia Garzon (52) about her life story, from growing up in Ecuador, coming to the US, being a mother, and receiving her education and degrees. Facilitator Subject Log 00:46 Amalia was born in Ecuador. She talks about her family and childhood there. She was closest with her cousin, Grace. 14:57 Amalia's life turned out much different than she expected. She learned English very early on,...

Interview Description Fidel Gomez (30) and Esperanza Ibarra (23) talk about their lives with their parents Evelina Fernandez (55) and José Luis Valenzuela (59). Facilitator Subject Log 05:40 Fidel talks about growing up in East LA. He talks about his school experiences. 08:48 Evelina talks about giving birth at White Memorial Hospital in East LA. She also talks about all of the different schools she attended and what it was like to be Mexican-American...

Interview Description Juan Carlos Gomez (37) talks with life partner John Latsko (45) about migrating to Los Angeles from Honderus, coming out to his family and being a volunteer in Los Angeles. Facilitator Subject Log 01:20 Juan Carlos talks about leaving Honduras for Los Angeles, CA. 06:00 Juan Carlos tells the story about how his family found out he was Gay. 10:30 Juan Carlos talks about not being able to find legal work in the United...

Interview Description Amira Góngora (51) talks with her friend Jorge Diaz (42) about a class that they are going to teach and about the differences between film and theater. Facilitator Subject Log 1:10 introducing a new class about film; Jorge's experience as a director and actor 8:00 the camera is more about the eyes; theatre is bigger than just the eyes; movement and voice projection needs to be bigger in theatre 17:26 You don't need to...