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Daniel Ibáñez is an undergraduate student at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Ibáñez came to the United States to earn his bachelor’s degree. The interview was organized around a few important topics, including Daniel Ibáñez’s life in El Salvador, the reasons why people migrate from El Salvador to the United States and the…

The interview discusses Cecilia Hernandez’s personal experience with migration, as well as her involvement with the Immaculate Conception community in Durham, N.C. The interview first covers her family and personal background. Later, the interview goes into greater depth of her migratory history and that of her family. After this initial focus on…

The interview focuses on migrant communities and religious life. Specifically, this interview focuses on the Hispanic community of Iglesia Bautista Misionera Roca Fuerte in Pittsboro, N.C. The interview covers the history of the Church and Pastor Benítez’s role in its creation and continued ministry. The interview discusses the services that the…

The interview discusses Hernán Amaya’s personal migratory history and his involvement with religious communities, including detailed information about his involvement with the Immaculate Conception community in Durham, N.C. but also information about other communities that he has been a part of in other U.S. cities. The interview first covers his…

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…

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…

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.…

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…

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…