Catholic

Interview Description Dorotea Archuleta (71) talks with husband Rey Archuleta (72) about counseling couples for 32 years, at their church, before they get married. Facilitator Subject Log 01:20 Dorothy talks about joining Our Lady of Guadalupe in 1957. She was looking for a job and wanted to join the Catholic church. 05:00 Dorothy tells the story about how they started a program to counsel couples wanting to get married. The program is called "Focus...

Interview Description Adolph Carranza Jr. (64) talks with friend Eleanor Tschaepe (73) about growing up in Santa Ana, CA, his different jobs and how he wants to be remembered. Facilitator Subject Log 01:20 Adolph talks about growing up in Santa Ana. He was raised by his "mama "Dolores Luqin Caballero Carranza. He talks about growing up in th e "barrio. " 08:00 Adolph talks about working on fields when he was 4-years-old and earning women's wages for...

Interview Description Pamela Carvajal Drapala (55) talks about her love and passion for Yuma, AZ, how it influences her art and writings. Pamela also talks about her husband, daughters, her father and her heritage. Facilitator Subject Log 0:30 Pam talks about growing up and living all her life in Yuma, AZ 2:38 Pam talks about her father and her heritage that is dates all the way back to when Columbus came to America 4:52 Pam describes her...

Interview Description Maria E. Flores (82) is interviewed by her daughter, Mary Ann Flores (58) about growing up in Kenedy, TX and her family history. Facilitator Subject Log 1:21 Maria describes a picture that Mary Ann is holidng: a Model T Ford, Maria's mother pregnant in the photo 7:43 Life in Edinburg; description of the first house Maria lived in in Edinburg; wood burning stove; food; mother remarried after her father died 21:01 How...

Interview Description Bertha Ibarra Parle (62) read a prepared story about her family traditions growing up on the Mexican/American border. Facilitator Subject Log 1:13 growing up in Ciudad Juárez; living between two different worlds, two different cultures 6:35 El día de cócono; pumpkin pie; frijolitos, posole y guacamole; Posadas; ponche 14:34 the story of how her parents met; father couldn't go to war; meeting her mother at a dance...

Interview Description Michael Martinez (61) talks with friend Christina Equihua (55) about his life. Facilitator Subject Log 01:00 Michael talks about the values his family placed in him. He talks about his parents and what they were like. 03:10 Michael talks about moving from East Los Angeles - and its predominant Hispanic/Latino population - and moving to Glendale, a more Cuacasian and affluent neighborhood. 06:20 Michael tells the story...

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 Berta "Bertie "Saavedra and Pauline Cázares interview their father, Zeferino Saavedra about work and growing up in Mexico and the US. Facilitator Subject Log 00:50 Zeferino remembers coming to the US from Nuevo León Guanajuato, Mexico. He earned money picking up bottles and scraps on the way home from school. 10:15 The building of City Hall at La Placita. Zeferino was one of the first to climb to the top of the building....

Interview Description Henry and Ben remember growing up in Colorado and discuss their family history. Facilitator Subject Log 1:00 Ben and Henry's family came from Spain via Mexico to Colorado. 3:30 Both Ben and Henry were born and raised in Fountain CO, where everyone knew everybody. 7:10 Spent time of the ranch, helping their family farm cattle and sheep. They were poor and only had their family to rely on. 18:00 Ben...

Interview Description Rick Palmer (57) interviews Claudia Tutt (36) about her life, and the recent challenges she has overcome since coming to Partners in Housing. Rick is Claudia's case worker. Facilitator Subject Log 01:10 Claudia explains how she came to the United States, and what brought her to Partners in Housing, specifically. 07:30 Claudia reflects on what she sees for her future. 08:18 Claudia talks about her various work...