Biographical Synopsis of Interviewee: Susan Gonzalez was born in Miami, Arizona; at age twelve she moved to Ripley, California to take care of her younger brother while her mother operated the restaurant she owned, “La Flor del Valle”; she worked as…
Biographical Synopsis of Interviewee: Thomas Turrey was born on July 25, 1924, in Los Angeles, California; he did his grade school in Merced, California; in 1958, he joined the Bracero Program, and worked as a supervisor for commissary services; his…
Biographical Synopsis of Interviewee: Josie Carrillo Johnson was born in the United States to a Mexican-American woman and a bracero man; she is one of five siblings; her mother had two children from an earlier marriage; her father was from…
Biographical Synopsis of Interviewee: Cris Luna was born on January 27, 1925, in Ozuluama, Veracruz, México; he was the oldest of fourteen children; at an early age, he help his father do field work; he did not attend school during this time; at age…
Biographical Synopsis of Interviewee: Rudy Villalobos was born on June 2, 1922, in Anaheim, California; he later enlisted in the Air Force, and when he finished his tour of duty, he attended college in México; upon graduating, he was contracted…
Biographical Synopsis of Interviewee: Richard Hancock was born in Alpine, Texas, on January 19, 1926, but he grew up in New Mexico; he worked with the Foot and Mouth Commission in Jalisco, México; later, he was employed by Doña Ana County as a labor…
Arturo Berumen was born in 1962, in Zacatecas, México; he was the third born of his twelve siblings; his father, who was also named Arturo, was born in 1933; during the early 1950s, he enlisted in the bracero program; as a bracero, he labored in the…
Tarsicio Ortíz was born October 21, 1951, in Michoacán, México; his father was born in 1915, and he labored in the fields as a campesino; during the 1940s, before he married, he enlisted in the bracero program; he continued working as a bracero until…
Higinio López Silva was born January 11, 1926, in Calvillo, Aguascalientes, México; his mother’s name was Félix Silva, and his father’s name was Sixto López; Higinio had five brothers and two sisters; his formal education extended through the fourth…
Biographical Synopsis of Interviewee: Eusebio Hernández was born on December 16, 1934, in Cuquío, Jalisco, México; growing up, most of his time was spent traveling between his hometown and Guadalajara during planting seasons; consequently, he…
Biographical Synopsis of Interviewee: Anselmo Gámez was born on April 21, 1928, in Villa Hidalgo, San Luis Potosí, México; when he was three years old, his mother died; shortly thereafter, he and his family moved in with his grandmother; although…
Biographical Synopsis of Interviewee: Agustín Álvarez was born on August 28, 1941, in Los Volcanes, Jalisco, México; he lived with his mother and grandparents; at an early age, he began working in agriculture and, later, as a vaquero; he completed…
