Interview with Fabiola Filiaggi (2024-03-14)
Files
Download Interview Transcript (331 KB)
Loading...
Interviewees
Fabiola Filiaggi
Interviewer
Aaron Graham
Study ID
022
Description
This interview was conducted by Aaron Graham on March 13, 2024 in Richmond,Virginia. In this interview, Aaron Graham questions Fabiola Fillaggi about her experience immigrating to the United States from Venezuela throughout the interview. The subjects of family, school, work, the COVID-19 pandemic, and cultural hurdles are discussed. Fabiola attended Venezuela’s Universidad de Rafael Belloso Chacin to study accounting. She also discusses how she moved to Richmond with her mother, brother, and grandmother, and attended the Henrico Adult School to study English. At Reynolds Community College, Fabiola serves as vice president of Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society and President of the Latin American Students Association.
Note
This interview was conducted in English, and the transcript is in English only.
Topical Subject
Venezuelan Americans; Hispanic Americans; Latin Americans; Venezuela; Virginia; J. Sargeant Reynolds Community College; English language--Study and teaching--Foreign speakers; COVID-19 Pandemic, 2020-2023; Education; Vaccination; High school equivalency examinations; Political refugees; Catholic Church; Community college students; Hispanic American community college students;
City/Location
Richmond (Va.)
Genre
oral histories (literary genre)
Local Genre
oral history; sound recording; text
Type
Sound; Text
Digital Format
audio/mp3
Language
eng
Rights Statement URL
Rights
This material is protected by copyright, and copyright is held by Fabiola Filiaggi. You are permitted to use this material in any way that is permitted by copyright. In addition, this material is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 4.0 International license (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). Acknowledgment of Latino Virginia Project and Virginia Commonwealth University Libraries as a source is required.
Collection
Latino Virginia Oral Histories
Contributors
Latino Virginia Project
Source
Interview with Fabiola Filiaggi (2024-03-14), Latino Virginia Oral History Project, Virginia Commonwealth University.
File Name
lvoh022_FiliaggiFabiola_interview.mp3
Disciplines
Latin American History | Latin American Languages and Societies | Oral History | Public History | Social History | United States History