Schools

Interview Description Maria O Garcia (85) habla con su hijo Adrian Garcia (48) de su vida en Mexico y cómo llegó a vivir en Texas. [Maria O Garcia (85) talks with son Adrian Garcia (48) about her life in Mexico and how she came to live in Texas.] Facilitator Subject Log 01:15 Maria nacio en Guadalajara y vivio en Jalisco hasta los ocho años. Despues, sus papas se fueron a Ciudad de Mexico. 09:19 Maria habla de su vecino "Nacho "que ultimamente llego a...

Interview Description Baldomero Garza III (48) talks with facilitator Nina Porzucki (30) about his son Baldo Garza IV and being a father. Facilitator Subject Log 06:00 Baldo talks about going to work with his father who was a projectionist at a movie house in Eagle Pass, TX. He talks about what his father's work was like. 13:40 Baldo talks about his son Baldo Garza IV and his memories from the time when Baldo played high school football....

Interview Description Elsie Garza (54) talks with her niece Bernadine Ojeda De Sevilla (34) about her family's history. Facilitator Subject Log 03:00 Elsie talks about her mother. She tells a story about a time when Bernadine got very impatient with her Grandma Dolores. 13:50 Elsie's father died in 1960. He was killed in a car accident in Mexicali. Elsie was five when it happened. 17:50: Elsie tells a story about visiting her father's...

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 Clyde Gill talks to his daughters Tiffany Piña and Joslyn Gill about his childhood, school life, community life and worthies, family history and lineage, his Mexican heritage and family traditions, and happiest and saddest memories. Facilitator Subject Log 3:40 CG talks about the pride and joy of becoming a parent. 7:35 CG shares anecdotes of his daughters growing up. Daughters' skits and singing. 10:40 CG talks about...

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 Carlos Gomez entrevista a su hermana, Pilar Gomez sobre su niñez en Mexico y recuerdos de la familia, su inmigración a los Estados Unidos como adulta y sus hijas. [Carlos Gomez interviews his sister, Pilar Gomez, about her childhood in Mexio and memories of their family, her immigration to the US as an adult and Pilar's daughters.] Facilitator Subject Log 01:00 La mamá de Pilar y su influencia. 03:40 Primer recuerdo...

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...

Interview Description Armando Gonzales (17) talks with his friend Eduardo Torrez (17) about their friendship, their love of rap music, football, and gangbanging. Facilitator Subject Log 5:23 how they met each other in the second grade; football 9:00 Eduardo has a lot of brothers and sisters; rapping together; how Armando started rapping; Houston rap versus Atlanta rap 14:00 verses and songs written; freestyling; experience freestyling...

Interview Description Sylvia Gonzales (65) is interviewed by her friend, Celia Vara Valles (49) about her career in law enforcement, her adoptive son Michael and her grandchildren whom she has raised. Facilitator Subject Log 3:46 Sylvia's role model was her mother; she taught her and her siblings everything they needed to know before kindergarten; Olga Solis got Sylvia a scholarship for college; Sylvia's parents' names 7:50 childhood was happy; family...