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Interview no. | R-0463 |
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 | 1 April 2011 |
Interviewee | Figueroa, María Zacnité |
Interviewee occupation | Students |
Interviewee DOB | 1991 |
Interviewee ethnicity | Hispanic Americans and Latinos |
Interviewer | Miller, Olivia. |
Abstract | Maria Figueroa is an undergraduate at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, majoring in economics and mathematics. Her family moved from Cuernavaca, Mexico to Hendersonville, North Carolina when she was ten years old because her parents were in search of better paying jobs. Both of Figueroa's parents have bachelor's degrees from Mexican Universities and have emphasized the importance of education to their children. Figueroa graduated from high school and attended community college for two years before transferring to the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. In the interview, Figueroa discusses her parent's personal and educational background and how that influenced many of their decisions; issues with her legal status and how that affected her ability to apply for colleges; her role as a role model to other immigrant or Latino teens about seeking higher education. |
Subject Topical Other |
Migratory experience Citizenship and immigration Higher education Family |
Citation | Interview with Maria Zacnite Figueroa by Olivia Miller, 01 April 2015, R-0463, 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. | R0463_Audio |