R-0702 -- Antúnez, Ebelyn Joanna.
Joanna Antunez was born in the United States to a Mexican father and Salvadorian mother. Now in her mid-twenties, Antunez has lived with her family in Florida, Texas, and—since she was eleven years old—in North Carolina. Antunez is now studying to be a nurse at Alamance Community College and works at the Lenoir Dining Hall on the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill campus. Antunez describes her family’s immigrant background and the difference in experience of living in Durham, North Carolina, versus Texas where there is a larger Hispanic community. Being a second-generation, bilingual American shapes her perspective of working at the dining hall on campus among many Latin American immigrants who have more recently migrated; she plays the role of “intermediary” for her female immigrant co-workers, helping them navigate the workplace, and also interpreting between Spanish-speaking employees and the English-speaking management. Antunez identifies as Mexican and spends most of her time with Mexican peers locally, and using Facebook to stay connected with folks back in Mexico. The content of the interview is also interesting for linguistic study, with many instances of Spanglish, as well as English and Spanish hesitation markers.
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection.
<a href="http://dc.lib.unc.edu/cdm/compoundobject/collection/sohp/id/20976">University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection.</a>
01 Apr 2014
No restrictions. Open to research.
R0702_Audio.mp3
R-0706 -- Maldonado de Patiño, María de los Ángeles.
María de los Angeles Maldonado de Patiño provides a personal account of how she deals with having half of her family in the United States and half of her family in Mexico. She touched on issues such as mobility for people who are documented versus undocumented and the ways immigrants maintain contact with family members in Mexico. She also discusses religion as one way of coping with family separation, the effect that money sent back to family in Mexico has on their daily lives, the strange duality of some family members getting visas while others do not, and the health problems and negative psychological aspects of being an immigrant in the United States. Finally she explores differences in the cultures, particularly the lack of a sense of community in the United States.
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection.
<a href="http://dc.lib.unc.edu/cdm/compoundobject/collection/sohp/id/20973">University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection.</a>
05 April 2014
No restrictions. Open to research.
R0706_Audio.mp3