Interview with Marlene Laynez Loarca (2024-10-20)
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Interviewees
Marlene Laynez Loarca
Interviewer
Gabriella Wise
Study ID
087
Description
Gabriella Wise interviews Marlene Laynez Loarca about her background and experiences. Marlene, a former student at VCU, shares that her parents are from Guatemala and immigrated to the U.S. in the late 90s and early 2000s. She discusses the differences in her and her brothers' upbringing, noting her parents' more lenient approach in the U.S. Marlene also talks about her brothers' families, including their own migration and reunification stories. She emphasizes the importance of education and community, influenced by her parents' immigrant experiences. Marlene also reflects on the impact of COVID-19 on her family and her views on immigration, criticizing the reduction of immigrants to statistics by politicians.
Note
Guatemalan Americans; Hispanic Americans; Latin Americans; Guatemala; Virginia; Emigration and immigration; Belonging (Social psychology); Group identity; Children of immigrants; COVID-19 Pandemic, 2020-2023; Vaccination; Religion; Education; Community centers; Harris, Kamala, 1964-; Trump, Donald, 1946-; Elections; Racism
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 Marlene Laynez Loarca. 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 Marlene Laynez Loarca (2024-10-20), Latino Virginia Oral History Project, Virginia Commonwealth University.
File Name
lvoh087_LaynezLoarcaMarlene_interview.mp3
Disciplines
Latin American History | Latin American Languages and Societies | Oral History | Public History | Social History | United States History