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This interview is part of Hannah Jessen's investigation into the lives of the mothers of migration. She is studying the relationship between mother and child, the ways they support their families in a new context, the new concerns that come with raising their children in a different country, and their hopes for their families and for themselves in…

This interview with Nicholas Didow touches on numerous topics concerning international economic development and expansion, both within a Mexican-American reference frame, as well as through a general global lens. Didow and Brandt spend a significant amount of time discussing an example personal to Didow which concerns Nike and Nike’s contract with…

The interview was conducted with Altha Cravey, an expert on the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). She discusses its effects on labor relations and it how it can be damaging to communities within Latin America, specifically Mexico. The interview covers NAFTA’s original goals, from both the United States and Mexican perspectives, and…

The interview focuses on the political side of the North America Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) and international policy within the United States and Mexico. Martinez-Gallardo first covers everything from how the Mexican government works and is organized, in terms of its democratic representation and the history of leadership beginning in the 1980s…

Dr. Judith Blau is a professor of sociology at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. This interview not only focuses on how the Human Rights Center strives to guarantee Human rights for everyone, but it also focuses on the relationships our community has with the Latino immigrant community in Carrboro, N.C. Dr. Judith Blau describes the…

Themes include Cyndi Allison's personal experiences in North Carolina, how the Latino Population has changed throughout her life, stereotypes associated with Latinos in North Carolina, origins of these stereotypes, how the media portrays Latinos, how the media decides what stories are news worthy, and how the media’s portrayal of Latinos impacts…

Dr. Judith Blau is a professor of sociology at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and chair of the Social and Economic Justice Undergraduate Minor. Blau is the founder and director of the Human Rights Center of Chapel Hill & Carrboro (HRC). Major topics of the interview center around the origins of the Human Rights Center of Chapel…

Sandro Pinheiro was born in Fortaleza, Brazil and moved to the United States when he was twenty-one to attend graduate school in Michigan. He received his PhD in Adult and Continuing Education and has worked for Compassion International, Michigan State University, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and Duke University, where he still…

Juan Rojas was born in Miami, Florida, but moved to his family's home country of Colombia when he was two months old. After living in various parts of Colombia for twelve years, Rojas and his family returned to Miami. The family briefly lived in Tennessee before they moved to Asheboro, North Carolina upon Rojas' and his brother's acceptance into…

Sara Gonzalez is a PhD candidate in the Political Science Department at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She is an Argentinean native who migrated to the United States in 2008 to pursue her degree in academia. Growing up in middle class Buenos Aires, Gonzalez is first in her family to complete her college degree and obtain a…