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Born in Guatemala but raised in Siler City, North Carolina, Hannia Benítez currently serves her local communities as Deputy Director at El Vínculo Hispano/The Hispanic Liaison’s office in Lee County and as Chair of Siler City’s Immigrant Community Advisory Committee (ICAC). Hannia shares her foundational experiences, including the need to be her…

Isaías García García is a barber and local business owner of Barbería García, in Boone, North Carolina. He is originally from Totonicapán, Honduras and emigrated to the United States alone at the age of 16. Garcia, the youngest of nine siblings, explains what life was like for him growing up in Guatemala with his family. He shares the story of his…

Emilio Vicente discusses his and his family’s immigration experience as K’iche-speaking Mayans in Guatemala coming to Siler City, North Carolina in 1997. He discusses his early education as the only K’iche speaker in his public schools and feeling different from Spanish-speaking Latinos in his school. He talks about how his family emphasized…

The interview discusses Rodrigo Lopez (pseudonym)’s personal experience with migration from Guatemala to the United States, as well as his involvement the Immaculate Conception community in Durham, N.C. The interview first covers his family and personal background. Later, the interview goes into greater depth of his migratory history. After this…

Miguel is an undergraduate student at a four year university in another state, majoring in Computer Science and Spanish. He and his family are originally from Guatemala and live in a small rural town in North Carolina. Miguel moved to the United States when he was twelve years old and attended school in North Carolina. In this interview he…

Daniela Madriz is a student at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill from Guatemala City, Guatemala. She attended a French school in Guatemala, where she learned French and English. Madriz begins the interview with describing her education in Guatemala and why she decided to come to the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She…