Interview with Georgina Martinez Minero (2024-02-07)
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Interviewees
Georgina Martinez Minero
Interviewer
Jason Tejeda Molina
Study ID
037
Description
The following interview was conducted on February 7, 2024 where Jason Tejeda Molina interviewed Georgina Martinez Minero. Georgina shares that she has lived in Virginia most of her life and focuses on the journeys, challenges, successes, and family dynamics. The interview is focused on Georgina’s family background based in Harrisonburg as a family owned business, and her experiences growing up in a predominantly white neighborhood. Georgina Martinez Minero recounts her experiences during COVID-19 and how that affected her small family business as well as her educational trajectory. As a student at VCU majoring in Health Sciences, Georgina Martinez Minero aims to start her own dental practice in her mother’s neighborhood to give back to her community.
Note
This interview was conducted in English, and the transcript is in English only.
Topical Subject
Mexican Americans; Hispanic Americans; Latin Americans; Mexico; Harrisonburg (Va.); Language attrition; Children of immigrants; Restaurateurs; Blue Ridge Community College; Virginia Commonwealth University; Archery; Bands (Music); Dental health education; Emigration and immigration; Belonging (Social psychology); Group identity; Education; COVID-19 Pandemic, 2020-2023; Vaccination; Vaccine hesitancy
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 Georgina Martinez Minero. 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 Georgina Martinez Minero (2024-02-07), Latino Virginia Oral History Project, Virginia Commonwealth University.
File Name
lvoh037_MartinezMineroGeorgina_interview.mp3
Disciplines
Latin American History | Latin American Languages and Societies | Oral History | Public History | Social History | United States History