East Los Angeles

Interview Description Catrina Archuleta intervews her mother, Pauline Archuleta and Pauline's life growing up in East LA and the sacrifices she made for Catrina as a mother. Facilitator Subject Log 01:03 Growing up in the East LA Estrada Courts projects. Pauline's first fight that earned her a tough reputation. 09:03 Reaction of Pauline's parents to her pregnancy at 17. Her mother insisted on an abortion. Pauline went out and found her alcoholic...

Interview Description Luz Herrera, 37, with her friend, Alma V. Marquez, 35, about their friendship and their work together in the Mexican American community. Facilitator Subject Log 1:50 Her parents met in East LA when they were both visiting from Mexico. 7:35 Luz remembers her great grandmother selling homemade beer during the prohibition. 11:03 Luz talks about moving to Whittier neighborhood where people did not speak Spanish....

Interview Description Ana Valencia Zapata habla con su hijo, Herbert Serrano, sobre su inmigración a los Estados Unidos de El Salvador, su mamá y su esfuerzo para superar. [Ana Valencia Zapata tells her son, Herbert Serrano, about her immigration to the US from El Salvador, her mother and her efforts to overcome.] Facilitator Subject Log 01:00 Orígen de Ana y su familia en El Salvador, los raíces de la familia. 05:06 Viniendo a EEUU a los...