Guatemala: A lot of great traditions. |
Emiliano Chagil |
Latino |
Ceremonies & Rituals, Religion, Life in the Old Country, Traditions & Values |
I had a really wonderful, fun childhood. |
Susana de León |
Latino |
Family, Food, Youth Experiences, Life in the Old Country, Traditions & Values |
I was fourteen when my husband asked me to marry him. |
Anna Amaya |
Latino |
Marriage, Youth Experiences, Life in the Old Country, Traditions & Values |
To go to the hospital we had to be really, really sick. |
Anna Amaya |
Latino |
Economics, New Immigrant Experiences, Life in the Old Country, Traditions & Values |
We had to speak two languages growing up. |
Emiliano Chagil |
Latino |
Language, Work, Class & Work, Life in the Old Country |
Ninety percent of the Mayan people, the indigenous people, were poor people. |
Emiliano Chagil |
Latino |
Economics, Oppression, Class & Work, Life in the Old Country |
There was never enough of anything, especially food. |
Reginaldo Haslett-Marroquin |
Latino |
Economics, Food, War, Class & Work, Life in the Old Country |
I grew up learning the trade as an upholsterer. |
Ramón León |
Latino |
Work, Class & Work, Life in the Old Country |
It was beautiful – it was hard. |
Susana de León |
Latino |
Economics, Family, Youth Experiences, Class & Work, Life in the Old Country |
I saw many friends, many colleagues disappear. |
Emiliano Chagil |
Latino |
Oppression, War, Life in the Old Country, Politics & Government |
We were called communists. |
José H. Trejo |
Latino |
Economics, Oppression, Life in the Old Country, Politics & Government |
The government started to kill people. |
Mario Duarte |
Latino |
Oppression, War, Work, Life in the Old Country, Politics & Government |
It was a permanent state of fear. |
Reginaldo Haslett-Marroquin |
Latino |
Oppression, War, Life in the Old Country, Politics & Government |
I got a visa and I thought I would come up here for one year. |
Emiliano Chagil |
Latino |
Escape, Travel to U.S., War, Coming to America, Push & Pull Factors |
I had expected one thing and came into another one. |
José H. Trejo |
Latino |
Economics, Travel to U.S., Work, Coming to America, Push & Pull Factors |
We landed in Willmar, and that’s where we stayed. |
Lourdez Ortega Schwab |
Latino |
Economics, Travel to U.S., Work, Coming to America, Push & Pull Factors |
My father fell in love with this land. |
Martha Castaňon |
Latino |
Family, Work, Coming to America, Push & Pull Factors |
My parents hired a truck driver to bring us up. |
José H. Trejo |
Latino |
New Immigrant Experiences, Travel to U.S., Coming to America, The Journey |
When Reagan did the amnesty, I felt a big sense of relief. |
Lourdez Ortega Schwab |
Latino |
Citizenship, Immigration Policy, Coming to America, The Journey |
It’s a sad experience when you cannot live in your own country. |
Mario Duarte |
Latino |
Travel to U.S., War, Coming to America, The Journey |
It was the coldest day of my life. |
Susana de León |
Latino |
Culture Clash, New Immigrant Experiences, Travel to U.S., Coming to America, The Journey |
It’s very rare that we talk in Spanish. |
Anna Amaya |
Latino |
Assimilation, Becoming Americans, Education, Language |
There were very, very few Hispanics going to school. |
Martha Castaňon |
Latino |
Assimilation, Becoming Americans, Education, Identity, Youth Experiences |
I call myself a Minnesota Norteňa. |
Martha Castaňon |
Latino |
Assimilation, Becoming Americans, Gender Roles, Identity |
My English was absolutely zero. |
Reginaldo Haslett-Marroquin |
Latino |
Assimilation, Becoming Americans, Culture Clash, Education, Language, New Immigrant Experiences |
I noticed the need for Latino ministers also in this country. |
J. Pablo Obregon |
Latino |
Becoming Americans, Language, Religion, Travel to U.S., Opportunities in America |
Education has to be a top priority. |
Emiliano Chagil |
Latino |
Becoming Americans, Economics, Education, Opportunities in America |
I would like to see more people involved in the political area. |
Mario Duarte |
Latino |
Becoming Americans, Civic Engagement, Education, Politics, Opportunities in America |
The schools here were free. |
Martha Castaňon |
Latino |
Becoming Americans, Economics, Education, Opportunities in America |
The whole story behind refugees is that they’re running for their lives. |
Emiliano Chagil |
Latino |
Becoming Americans, Culture Clash, Immigration Policy, Politics, Problems in America |
I knew he wasn’t coming to tell me ‘Happy Easter’. |
José H. Trejo |
Latino |
Becoming Americans, Culture Clash, Language, Youth Experiences, Problems in America |
I was not given the interscholastic exams. |
José H. Trejo |
Latino |
Becoming Americans, Discrimination, Education, Youth Experiences, Problems in America |
Sometimes we blame on anything our own inability to solve our own problems. |
Ramón León |
Latino |
Becoming Americans, Civic Engagement, Language, Work, Problems in America |
You should always be proud of who you are, where you came from. |
Martha Castaňon |
Latino |
Ethnic Festivals, Family, Language, Cultural Preservation, We Are Here |
A couple of my cousins in Mexico are on Facebook, so we’ve been able to keep contact. |
Martha Castaňon |
Latino |
Family, Ties to Homeland, Cultural Preservation, We Are Here |
It’s hard for them to understand the hardships, the poverty. |
Emiliano Chagil |
Latino |
Economics, Generation Gap, Ties to Homeland, Cultural Preservation, We Are Here |
We do quinceañeras - that’s something that we carry down. |
Anna Amaya |
Latino |
Ceremonies & Rituals, Ethnic Festivals, Ties to Homeland, Cultural Preservation, We Are Here |
This really changed the attitude of a lot of Latinos about the system. |
José H. Trejo |
Latino |
Civic Engagement, Discrimination, Education, Language, Contributions, We Are Here |
Educating new immigrants in the banking system. |
Lourdez Ortega Schwab |
Latino |
Civic Engagement, Culture Clash, Work, Contributions, We Are Here |
La Prensa: Pioneering Latino newspaper. |
Mario Duarte |
Latino |
Civic Engagement, Community, Work, Contributions, We Are Here |
I said, ‘President Carter, I need to talk to you about human rights in Latin America.’ |
José H. Trejo |
Latino |
Civic Engagement, Politics, Contributions, We Are Here |