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Interview no. | R-0819 |
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 | 10 April 2015 |
Interviewee | Ruiz, María. |
Interviewee occupation | Students |
Interviewee DOB | 1995 |
Interviewee ethnicity | Hispanic Americans and Latinos |
Interviewer | Acosta, Luis. |
Abstract | Maria Ruiz discusses her life growing up, and her family’s migratory experience from El Salvador to the United States. Maria talks about her parents’ motives for migrating and how their reasons resemble current motives from Latin American immigrants, the primary factor being economic self-improvement. She says that her parents never talk about their personal journey crossing the border because they do not want her to worry about their past. She also discusses how dangerous El Salvador can be because of the Mara Salvatrucha, a very violent street gang that is centered in this country. Maria discusses how the gang robbed a family friend. She then progresses to talking about the journeys of her parents. Both of her parents grew up without their parents and she discusses how they overcame many obstacles. Maria ends this interview discussing the different social dynamics she and her parents have experienced in the United States. |
Subject Topical Other |
Migratory experience Family University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill |
Citation | Interview with Maria Ruiz by Luis Acosta, 10 April 2015, R-0819, 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. | R0819_Audio |