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Interview no. | R-0460 |
Restrictions | No restrictions. Open to research. |
Project | R.34. Special Research Projects: New Roots |
Project description | Interviews, 2007-ongoing, focus on issues related to Latin American immigration to North Carolina and the formation of Latino communities. Interviewers are conducted by undergraduate students in courses taught by Hannah Gill at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Interviewees include immigrants, United States-born second generations, professionals who work with immigrants, policy-makers, religious leaders, educators, students, and local business owners. |
Date | 13 April 2011 |
Interviewee | Celeste, Miguel, pseud. |
Interviewee occupation | Students Restaurant workers |
Interviewee ethnicity | Hispanic Americans and Latinos |
Interviewer | Herrera, Linda Stephanie. |
Abstract | Miguel Celeste is a recent graduate of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He and his family immigrated from Tuxtepec, Oaxaca, Mexico in 1998, when Celeste was ten, and moved to Siler City, North Carolina. Celeste graduated high school in Siler City and moved to Chapel Hill to pursue a degree in English. In this interview Celeste talks about his experience and process of migrating from Mexico to the United States and explains the family's reasons for moving. He discusses his difficulties in applying for colleges as an undocumented student, the positive experiences he gained from college and the challenges of finding work post graduation with his undocumented status. |
Subject Topical Other |
Migratory experience Citizenship and immigration Higher education Labor and employment |
Citation | Interview with Miguel Celeste (pseud.) by Linda Stephanie Herrera, 13 April 2011, R-0460, in the Southern Oral History Program Collection #4007, Southern Historical Collection, Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. |
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Interview no. | R0460_Audio |