Interview with Leydi - Parent Permission from Sylvia - Interviewer - Valeria
Description:
Leydi is a young woman from the Ecuadorian Countryside who is in her teens. In Ecuador, her father was a welder and her mother a nurse. The family emigrated because girls were being kidnapped from the schools and they were afraid for Leydi and her sister. They traveled as a family over the mountains, through Guatemala and Mexico experiencing many dangers. The interview speaks of her adjustment to school and life in Pittsfield MA. and her aspirations for the future.
Title from accompanying material.
Speaker: Leydi
“Raíces de cuentos” is a project supported by the Mass Humanities Expanding Stories: Advancing Equity grant and guided by the Housatonic Heritage Oral History Center through Judith Monachina. The interviews were carried out by “Manos Unidas Multicultural Educational Collaborative” in partnership with “World and Eye Arts Center, Inc.”
Topics include: Youth emigration, perspective and adjustment.
Notes (date):
Date from accompanying material.
Notes (historical):
Born in Ecuador. Moved to Pittsfield MA. with har family as a minor at 15.
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