Browse Items (41 total)

Karina Gonzalez, a member of the Class of 2017 at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, describes the move that she and her family made from Chihuahua, Mexico to Texas when she was in elementary school. Her time at an International School and her year at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill have allowed her to expand her…

Yesenia Pedro Vicente was born and raised in Morganton, N.C. where a prominent Guatemalan Mayan immigrant community is well established. Vicente was raised speaking Spanish - as opposed to her parents’ native language, Q’anjob’al - which is why she feels compelled to identify as Latina. She explains the difference between various identity labels…

Azul Zapata is a junior at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She studies Global Studies and Journalism and is originally from Bariloche, Argentina. Zapata and her parents moved to the United States in 1996, eventually settling in Statesville, North Carolina. Zapata became a U.S. citizen in January 2012 and was the last of her…

Nereida Almeida is an undergraduate student at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Almeida's family comes from different parts of Mexico, her mother from Tampico, Tamaulipas and her father from Guadalajara, Jalisco. They lived in several different U.S. cities but settled in Charlotte, N.C. where Almeida has lived her entire life. She…

Natalie Borrego was born and raised in Miami, Fla. where a prominent Cuban immigrant community is well established as part of a larger Latin American community there. Borrego was raised identifying as Cuban-American and/or Hispanic. She explains the usage of the term Hispanic, which is commonly used by fellow Cubans in her hometown. The terms…

Ana Amaya is an undergraduate student at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Amaya and her family come from Colombia; her mother resides in Cary, N.C. while her father lives in California. As a child, Amaya moved around quite a bit, temporarily living in Fort Lauderdale, Fla.; Myrtle Beach, S.C.; Hillsborough, N.C.; and Durham, N.C. …

Katelyn Yesenia Robalino is a sophomore at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and her major is Studio Art. She plans to become an art therapist or an art teacher. Robalino is an important interviewee because her mother and father both have different educational levels. Her mother has a communications degree, and this means that…

Joanne Caye is a clinical associate professor in the School of Social Work at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC). After spending most of her professional life in social work, she began as a professor at UNC. In addition to teaching, she is currently working on her dissertation for her PhD in education, which is focused on…

Adriana Iturbide is an undergraduate student at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Iturbide’s family comes from Toluca, Mexico, but moved to Charlotte, N.C. in 1996 because of her father's job transfer at the BB&T Corporation (Branch Banking & Trust). Throughout her life, she has attended school and, following her parents’ example,…

German Lozano has recently immigrated to the United States from Colombia. Lozano explains that as a Colombian in Colombia, there is never a need to state your nationality or explain your background or where you are from. However, once you arrive in the United States as an immigrant, people often impose identity labels on you. The terms Latino and…