La Familia Es Lo Primero - An Oral History Interview with Violeta Rivas

Herberger, Mallory B.; Rivas, Violeta

La Familia Es Lo Primero - An Oral History Interview with Violeta Rivas

dc.contributor.author	Herberger, Mallory B.
dc.contributor.author	Rivas, Violeta
dc.date.accessioned	2015-01-27T20:26:10Z
dc.date.available	2015-01-27T20:26:10Z
dc.date.issued	2014-05
dc.description	Undergraduate final project submitted to Professor Thomas A. Castillo of the History Department, College of Arts and Humanities for a course sponsored by the Center for the New America, University of Maryland, College Park. Final project for HIST428N Immigrant Life Stories: An Oral History Practicum (spring 2014).	en_US
dc.description.abstract	In this oral history interview, Violeta Rivas discusses her experience as an immigrant in the United States. Born in Nicaragua in 1960, Violeta and her husband came to the U.S. in 1984 to escape the Sandinista regime and to build a new life. Thirty years later, they are still here. Although Violeta had originally intended to return to Nicaragua, she and her family stayed, and throughout the course of the interview, she displays an acute awareness of her life in retrospect. Leaving her home was a sacrifice, but she did it for her family; every obstacle she faced and every cultural barrier she had to overcome was for her family. That is the essence of the interview, and throughout the course of this oral history, Violeta guides her listeners through the things that matter the most to her: religion, tradition, and moral values. Violeta’s story is not just one of many Central American immigrant narratives; it is a part of a whole, and without it, the picture is not complete.	en_US
dc.identifier	https://doi.org/10.13016/M2S60V
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/1903/16054
dc.language.iso	en	en_US
dc.language.iso	es	en_US
dc.relation.isAvailableAt	College of Arts & Humanities
dc.relation.isAvailableAt	Department of History
dc.relation.isAvailableAt	Digital Repository at the University of Maryland
dc.relation.isAvailableAt	University of Maryland (College Park, Md)
dc.subject	Immigrant History	en_US
dc.subject	Nicaragua	en_US
dc.subject	North America	en_US
dc.subject	post-1970s	en_US
dc.subject	Violeta Rivas	en_US
dc.title	La Familia Es Lo Primero - An Oral History Interview with Violeta Rivas	en_US
dc.type	Recording, oral	en_US