Interview with Cristina Sayegh (2024-10-17)

Authors

Files

Interviewees

Cristina Sayegh

Interviewer

Maria Saliby

Study ID

090

Description

Cristina Sayegh shared her multicultural background, detailing her mother's Colombian roots and her father's Palestinian roots with an upbringing in Kuwait. She moved frequently during her childhood, living in Florida, Dubai, and Virginia. Cristina attended Langley High School in McLean and is currently studying at VCU, majoring in International Studies with a concentration in Social Justice and a double major in Sculpture. She discussed her religious upbringing, her family's relocation from overseas to Florida, and then Virginia. In addition Cristina reflects on her experiences with the Latin community in NOVA and Richmond. Cristina also discusses her solo trip to Colombia which allowed her to delve deeper into learning Spanish, her heritage, and connection with family abroad. Further, she reflected on the challenges of COVID-19, her work experiences on campus and with work, and her views on immigration and cultural identity.

Note

Only the transcript of this interview is available. This interview was conducted in English, and the transcript is in English only.

Topical Subject

Colombian Americans; Palestinian Americans; Hispanic Americans; Latin Americans; Colombia; Kuwait; Florida; Dubai; Virginia; Great Falls (Va.); Religion; Christianity; Virginia Commonwealth University; Student activities; College students; Emigration and immigration; COVID-19 Pandemic, 2020-2023; Vaccination; Belonging (Social psychology); Group identity

City/Location

Richmond (Va.)

Genre

oral histories (literary genre)

Local Genre

oral history; text

Type

Text

Digital Format

application/pdf

Language

eng

Rights Statement URL

https://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC-NC/1.0/

Rights

This material is protected by copyright, and copyright is held by Cristina Sayegh. 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 Cristina Sayegh (2024-10-17), Latino Virginia Oral History Project, Virginia Commonwealth University.

File Name

lvoh090_SayeghCristina_interview.pdf

Disciplines

Latin American History | Latin American Languages and Societies | Oral History | Public History | Social History | United States History