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Daniel Valencia Interview
Danny Valencia is a college student and route setter at The Rock Club in New Rochelle, NY living in White Plains, NY. He spoke with Sarah Coburn on April 9th, 2016 about his memories of living in and visiting Colombia and experiences of being a…
Tags: bicultural, Colombia, culture, family, language, Latino, Latinx, oral history, Skidmore College student
David Parra Interview
David Parra, a Skidmore College student, was born and raised in New York City. His mother immigrated to New York City from the Dominican Republic in her 20s. David spoke with Arlene Hernandez on April 4, 2016 about his experiences with education,…
Interview with Elvira Ramirez
Elvira talked about her experience with racial and linguistic prejudice in Puerto Rico and in the United States.
Tags: Class, language, Latinx, Nuyoricans, Prejudice, Puerto Rico, race
Interview with Samantha Garcia
Samantha spoke to her experiences as a child of Dominican immigrants and what the challenges of college have been in distinguishing her identity as an individual from her home life in Brooklyn, NY.
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 Samuel Cruz
Samuel talked about how he grew up in the Dominican Republic while his mother and siblings lived in the United States, with the hopes of being prosperous. Once he was old enough and his mother was able to secure him citizenship, he moved to New York…
Tags: bicultural, bilingual, culture, Dominican Republic, ethnicity, family, identity, immigration, language, Latinx, race, Skidmore, Skidmore College, student