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Interview with Margarita Florada

Margarita talked about her experience of moving from Puerto Rico to Boston and her identity as a Latina

Tags: College, Economy, education, ethnicity, family, Gender, immigration, Independence, Latinx, Politics, Puerto Rico, race, Workplace Relations

Interview with Vilmary Fuertes

Vilmary discussed her experiences in moving from Puerto Rico to the U.S. for educational purposes, her development into becoming a physical therapist right out of college, and her assimilation into the U.S. and eventually Saratoga Springs.

Tags: assimilation, community, culture, Discrimination, education, family, Gender, identity, language, Latinx, Proffession, Puerto Rico

Interview with Daniela Menchaca

Daniela talked about what it was like to live as a Mexican-American in the Texas, and her connection to her Mexican cultural heritage. She speaks on overcoming stereotypes and the issues she faced to come to college in New York._

Tags: bicultural, education, ethnicity, family, Gender, Hispanic, identity, immigration, Latinx, machismo, Mexico, oral history, Phenotype, Politics, race, Skidmore College, Skidmore student, Southwest, Texas