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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…

Jackie came to Chapel Hill, North Carolina from Mexico City, Mexico in 2007. She lives in Chapel Hill with her husband, two daughters and other family members from Mexico. She currently works as a cook in a restaurant. In this interview Jackie discusses the adjustment of living and working in North Carolina over the past four years. She talks…

Leonor Guijón is an immigrant from a small rancho called San Pablo Pejo in the state of Guanajuato, Mexico. San Pablo Pejo is a farming town where most of the men travel frequently between the United States and Mexico to earn a living for their families. Guijón left school at the sixth level of elementary school because she felt she was a burden on…

Miguel Celeste is a recent graduate of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He and his family immigrated from Tuxtepec, Oaxaca, Mexico in 1998, when Celeste was ten, and moved to Siler City, North Carolina. Celeste graduated high school in Siler City and moved to Chapel Hill to pursue a degree in English. In this interview Celeste talks…

Isabel Hernandez was born in Venezuela and lived there for four years before moving to the United States. Her father entered graduate school in Chicago, Illinois so the family lived in Chicago for four years before moving to North Carolina. In this interview, Hernandez discusses her experiences in the United States and the opportunities that have…

Ricardo Marquez, (pseudonym) is a Mexican native currently living in Durham, North Carolina. Marquez was raised in San Luis Potosi, Mexico, but decided to migrate to the United States in order to find work. A licensed public accountant in Mexico, Marquez was unable to find employment in Mexico, so he moved, first to Georgia and then North Carolina.…

Juana is a native of Celaya, Guanajuato, Mexico. She has lived in Chapel Hill, North Carolina for thirteen years where she works as a maid in a local hotel. She is married and has two children. In this interview Juana discusses life in Mexico before moving, adjustment to her new life in the United States and her education both in Mexico and North…

Guillermina Castillo is an immigrant from Veracruz, Mexico. Castillo's father died when she was very young so she, her sisters and her mother worked a variety of jobs to sustain the family. In Mexico, Castillo worked as a butcher, saleswoman and a farmer. She came to the United States upon the suggestion of her nephew when her mother was sick. Her…

Karla Castillo is a middle-aged immigrant from Peru. Before moving to the United States in 2004, she worked selling commodities for a Peruvian business, which required Castillo to travel to the United States for training and business meetings. When the company closed, Castillo and her husband decided the best life for their three daughters would be…

Maria Figueroa is an undergraduate at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, majoring in economics and mathematics. Her family moved from Cuernavaca, Mexico to Hendersonville, North Carolina when she was ten years old because her parents were in search of better paying jobs. Both of Figueroa's parents have bachelor's degrees from Mexican…