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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 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 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...

Interview Description Denise Ricks (29) interviews her father, Dennis Gonzales (56) about his life. Facilitator Subject Log 00:50 Denis talks about his ethnic background, and the progression of labels he identified himself as. 03:52 Dennis shares memorable stories from his childhood in Pueblo, CO. 09:40 Dennis talks about his parents. His mother was a stay-at-home mom and used to drive him to school. He recalls the cooking she did. She and...

Interview Description José Gonzalez, de 64 años, comparte con su hijo Guillermo Gonzalez, de 37 años, algunos de sus recuerdos tristes y felices, discute la relación con su padre y expresa remordimiento por el maltrato que le brindó a sus hijos mayores. [José Gonzalez, 64, shares with his son Guillermo Gonzalez, 37, some of his sad and happy memories, discusses his relationship with his father, and expresses regret at the poor treatment he gave his older children when they were young.]...

Interview Description José Jesus Gonzalez (49) y Ernesto Aguilar (46) hablan de politica. [José Jesus Gonzlaez (49) y Ernesto Aguilar (46) talk about politics. Facilitator Subject Log 01:10 José Jesus habla de la elecciones de Houston y la nueva alcalde que gano la eleccion. 05:20 José Jesus habla de la caracteristicas de la nueve alcalde. José dice que no le gusta. 13:30 José habla de las leys en Houston que estan a contra de los...

Interview Description Robert A Gonzalez (62) talks with daughter Erica Gonzalez (32) about his life. Facilitator Subject Log 01:20 Robert talks about watching :Ozzie & Harriet "on television and fantasizing about a better life. 04:50 Robert talks about his experience working on farms when he was younger. He says that's where he learned to hate grapes. 08:52 Robert talks about the Vietnam War draft and getting drafted. 13:00...

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...