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Interview no. | R-0686 |
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 2014 |
Interviewee | Gonzalez, Karina. |
Interviewee occupation | Students |
Interviewee DOB | 1993 |
Interviewee ethnicity | Hispanic Americans and Latinos |
Interviewer | LeNeave, Kimiko Nicole. |
Abstract | Karina Gonzalez, a member of the Class of 2017 at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, describes the move that she and her family made from Chihuahua, Mexico to Texas when she was in elementary school. Her time at an International School and her year at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill have allowed her to expand her international interests. She was involved with Canto Libre, the Latino a cappella group at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, until the group separated in the Spring 2014 semester. She explains her immigrant experience in the United States, and how music allows her to connect to her roots in Mexican culture, although she is now an American citizen. She would like her love of music and song to be a part of her daily life now; though she spent little time investing in her musical interests when living in Texas, this spark was reignited while attending school in New Mexico. Gonzalez also explains how her appearance drastically changed her migration experience. She has hopes of traveling and living abroad in the future, learning new languages, and keeping up her singing. |
Subject Topical Other |
Migratory experience Culture Identity University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill |
Citation | Interview with Karina Gonzalez by Kimiko Nicole LeNeave, 13 April 2014, R-0686, in the Southern Oral History Program Collection #4007, Southern Historical Collection, Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. |
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