religious beliefs and practices

Interview Description Leticia Padilla, 33, tells StoryCorps Mobile Facilitator Anna Walters, 27, about her family, her leukemia diagnosis, her hopes for the future, and her teaching career. Facilitator Subject Log 1:40 LP recalls her parents and grandparents and extended family. She recalls some of the relatives' names and some of the family reunions and traditions. 11:20 LP talks about having leukemia. Finding out. Becoming depressed ( "I thought I...

Interview Description Victor Padilla y su esposa Patricia Padilla dialogan sobre sus experiencias matrimoniales y brindan consejos sobre como mantener una buena relación. [Victor Padilla and his wife, Patricia Padilla, talk about their marriage experiences and give advice about how to have a good relationship.] Facilitator Subject Log 0:20 PP explica porque quisieron hacer esta grabación. 4:00 VP y PP habla de la importancia de tener buena...

Interview Description Lucas Perez (38) is interviewed by facilitator, Whitney Henry-Lester (26) about his work as a poet, writer and composer. Facilitator Subject Log :59 nació en San Luis Potosí; describe sus padres 3:29 escuchaba música; escribir música; como empezaste a escribir versos? 10:46 como Lucas vino aca en Houston; vino para trabajo; fue dificíl para encontrar trabajo 18:00 la persona más importante en su vida es...

Interview Description Maria Elena Perez (67) habla con su hija Liliana Perez (39) de su vida. [Maria Elena Perez (67) talks to her daughter Liliana Perez (39) about her life.] Facilitator Subject Log 03:10 Maria cuenta la historia de cuando vino a los Estados Unidos cuando tenia 37 años. 07:15 Maria habla de su papa y la novia que tuvo. Su mama murio cuando tenia 3 años. 19:50 Maria cuenta la historia de cuando se hizo ciudadana de los...

Interview Description Esther Phillips, 69, conversa con su hija Alicia Z. Aguirre, 52, acerca de su niñez, su vida laboral, sus anécdotas y los logros de su hija. [Esther Phillips, 69, talks to her daughter Alicia Z. Aguirre, 52, about her childhood, different job experiences, anecdotes from different times of her life, and Alicia's achievements.] Facilitator Subject Log 2:10 Familia deja el pueblo donde nació EP. Mudanza a Sonora. Muerte de madre de...

Interview Description Armandina Piña (67) is interviewed by her daugher, Christina Piña (33) about her childhood in Taft, TX, about picking cotton when she was an adolescent and her memories of Christina when she was little. Facilitator Subject Log 1:41 working in the cotton fields at 12 or 13 years old; getting up early in the day; 8 brothers, 1 sister 5:03 story of meeting her future husband at church; she was 16 when she got married; married for 50...

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 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...

Interview Description José Ramirez, Jr. (62) talks with his wife Magdalena Santos Ramirez (61) about growing up in Laredo,TX, their work as social workers, family history, and genealogy. Facilitator Subject Log 1:01 Magdalena was born in Laredo, TX; description of her parents and extended family 8:49 Magdalena describes her siblings; lessons that her parents taught her: education 20:32 becoming a social worker; Hispanic culture is...

Interview Description Brisehida Ramirez Martens (36) is interviewed by facilitator Whitney Henry-Lester about being smuggled into the U.S. from Mexico as a young child and her experience growing up in the United States and becoming a mother. Facilitator Subject Log :58 born in Monterrey Mexico in the "green cross "; things she remembers about childhood: grew up without a father, brother died in infancy 10:03 mother is a very proud person; coyote...