A Mexican Immigrant Describes Her Work in Los Angeles
Elisa Silva was born in Mazatlán, Mexico and emigrated to the United States at age twenty, eventually settling in Los Angeles. In this interview, conducted during the mid-1920s, Silva describes her...
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Reflections on the Grandmother I Never Met
by Yvonne “Von” Trbovich Orlich How does one write about someone they have never met? At least, not literally. Every year on May first I wake up and think, Wow today is ( number of ) years since our...
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by Catherine Rankovic My father came to the U.S. from Eastern Europe on a steamship in 1950. He learned English, but he spoke the language like a telegram, so he couldn’t really lecture his four...
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Aurelia
by Nicolae Roddy, Ph.D. In 1928, Aurelia Moga abandoned her tiny Transylvanian village of Șpring and traveled all alone to America at the age of fourteen. Disembarking at the port of entry, Aurelia...
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The Food Business Incubator That Helps Immigrant Women Pursue The American Dream
by Mandalit del Barco reposted from NPR “La Cocina” means “the kitchen” in Spanish. It’s also the name of a business incubator based in San Francisco’s Mission District. Since it began in 2005, it’s...
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