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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…

In Hetali Lodaya's interview with Ivan Parra, Parra discusses his background in community organizing beginning in Colombia, and his subsequent move to the United States. He tells how he applied community organizing techniques learned in Colombia to an AmeriCorps position at El Centro Hispano. They also discuss the value of relational community…

Interview topics included Gloria Valdez’s immigration story, her educational background, the successes of the Don Jose shop in Carrboro, North Carolina, her opinions of the Latino and American relationships in the Carrboro and Chapel Hill, N.C. community, the relationships Valdez and the Don Jose shop have created with the community, the rights of…