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Chano is a native Mexican from the city of Tamazunchale, San Luis Potosi. He migrated to the United States in 1997 after he was unable to find sufficient work in Mexico. Growing up in a large household, and being the oldest, Chano left school after la secundaria, or the equivalent of middle school, in order to work and provide additional economic…

Maria Cubillos moved to the United States from Colombia. She has lived in the United States for twenty six years, living in Miami, Florida and various towns in North Carolina. Cubillos works as an endodontic assistant in an office in Raleigh. She obtained little dental experience working in Colombia but was able to find a job working in a dental…

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…

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…

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…

Angelica moved to Chapel Hill, North Carolina from Mexico City in 2006. She lives in Chapel Hill with her husband and son, but is also surrounded by a wider network of family that includes uncles, aunts and siblings. She is employed at two restaurants in Chapel Hill, but due to her limited knowledge of English she works mainly in the kitchen. In…

Roberto Jaraleño is an immigrant from Celaya, Guanajuanto, Mexico who lives and works in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. Jaraleño arrived in North Carolina in 2009, although he worked at farms in California fifteen years ago. Jaraleño joined his wife's family in Chapel Hill who helped him find work and housing. In the interview, Jaraleño discusses his…

Alejandro is a senior at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, double majoring in Biology and Spanish with a minor in Chemistry and hopes to go to medical school. He and his family are from Mexico and are currently living in Salisbury, North Carolina. Alejandro came to the United States when he was eleven years old and considers himself…

Ana Laura Medrano was born in Chihuahua, Mexico and moved to Washington, North Carolina when she was eleven years old. Her father was a U.S. resident and traveled frequently between Texas and Mexico. Medrano and her mother received travel visas through her father's company. Medrano attended high school in the U.S. and enrolled at Beaufort Community…

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…