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Margarita Robledo is a Colombian native who currently works as a teacher in a fourth grade, dual-language classroom at Carrboro Elementary School in Carrboro, N.C. In Colombia, she worked for many years as an English language teacher at an international school in Bogota. She decided to move to Chapel Hill, N.C. to gain new experiences for herself…

Claudia Rojas is the program manager for Center for Latino Health (CELAH) at the University of North Carolina (UNC) Health Care System. She is originally from Colombia and began working at UNC Health Care in 2004 as a temporary employee. She was recruited by Dr. Douglas Morgan, founder of the Center for Latino Health, to join the Center as a…

Emiliano (pseudonym) is an undocumented youth who has recently graduated high school. Emiliano was born in Celaya, Guanajuato, Mexico, but now has been living in North Carolina with his family for seventeen years. He grew up speaking both English and Spanish but had to take English as a Second Language (ESL) classes for the majority of his…

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…

The interview focuses on migrant communities and religious life. Specifically, this interview focuses on the Hispanic population at the Church of St. Thomas More in Chapel Hill, N.C. The interview begins with discussing the role of the Coordinator of Hispanic Ministries - Luis Royo’s position - at the St. Thomas More Church. This discussion also…