My life was about to change. It could be for the best or for the worse but it was a risk I was willing to take. As a child, I lived in a little one-floor house with 2 rooms. Located in the hills of a valley. The valley was located in a small city called Veracruz, Mexico. There were house ... Read More »
Click & listen to the story as read by Ramon’s granddaughter, Jamie Garcia-Villareal, a resident of Palo Alto. I wouldn’t say I had it easy, but then again, no one here really did. I was born and raised in Aguililla, Michoacan, Mexico on July 20, 1929. You see, growing up then, no one really had any money. Michoacan was filled ... Read More »
My father started his life in a small town in Mexico named San Joaquin. It was there where he grew up with his 6 brothers and 5 sisters, everyone different from the last. It was a poor town where he and his family lived. There were no paved roads, everything was just mud, dirt or rocks. There was trash everywhere, ... Read More »
Patricia shares the immigration story of her parents and talks about the values her father stressed. She is Executive Director of SIREN (Services, Immigrant Rights & Education Network). Read More »
English transcription of video: My name is Jose DeRenteria and my story begins like this. My father was a farmworker; at the time it was called Bracero. When he returned to Mexico after being here as a Bracero, we were a lot of family; lots of brothers and sisters. He was living in Mexico City with my mother ... Read More »
The name has been changed in this story posted by the organization, Puente. When Pedro first arrived to the United States in 1983, he worked picking tomatoes in fields near Chula Vista, California. In those days, conditions for farmworkers were different and Pedro lived for months, along with other farmworkers, on the banks of a creek under a roof made ... Read More »
Jeremy’s grandparents left home in Poland when the Nazis invaded. His grandmother was only 16 when she made it to a refugee camp. In California they worked in the fields. Read More »
Luis came over as a baby from Mexico. His family lived in a garage until they saved enough to buy a home. He goes to college in San Jose. Read More »