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StoryCorps: Connie and Blanca Alvarez

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Part of Series StoryCorps
Length 02:51
Licensor StoryCorps
Producer(s) StoryCorps
Formats Interview, Soft Feature
Topics Family, Latino
Produced 2006
Added to PRX March 29, 2006
 

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Summary:

Connie Alvarez interviews her mother, Blanca, about immigrating to the United States from Mexico.

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Website:

http://storycorps.net

Additional Credits and Funding:

NPR, Corporation for Public Broadcasting, Saturn

Timely on:

May: Mother's Day

Tones:

Earnest, Engaging, Inspiring

Language:

English

Description:

Blanca Alvarez, originally from Nogales, Mexico, recounts the story of her crossing the border to join her family in Los Angeles, California, more than thirty years prior. She and her daughter, Connie, go on to remember their early years in the United States.

Those days were full of challenges for the Alvarez family. But now Blanca, 53, and Connie, 33, can look back and smile at things like a phase of eating only bean tacos and spending the nights working.

Connie, who went on to graduate from UCLA, says her mother's life back then -- raising kids and working, even as she went to school herself -- has been an inspiration to her. It's a reminder, she says, that challenges can be overcome.

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