Interview with Alfonso Lopez (2025-03-27)
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Interviewees
Alfonso Lopez
Interviewer
Carter Hutchinson
Study ID
103
Description
Alfonso Lopez currently serves as a state legislator in the Virginia House of Delegates, where he has represented Arlington since 2012. His father immigrated from San Felix, Venezuela, to Washington, D.C., in the 1950s, eventually working his way up to manage the cafeterias at the World Bank. His mother, a woman of Dutch descent from Pennsylvania, was a longtime guidance counselor in Arlington Public Schools. Alfonso grew up in Northern Virginia, graduated from Vassar College, and earned his law degree from Tulane University.
Note
This interview was conducted in English, and the transcript is in English only.
Topical Subject
Venezuelan Americans; Hispanic Americans; Latin Americans; Venezuela; Arlington (Va.); Virginia; Catholics; Lutherans; Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (U.S.); Violand-Sánchez, Emma; Emigration and immigration; Green cards; Washington (D.C.); Hoover, J. Edgar (John Edgar), 1895-1972; Racism; Pennsylvania Dutch; Arlington (Va.); Northam, Ralph, 1959-; Governors--Virginia; Communication in public health; Herring, Mark Y., 1952-; Representative government and representation; Racism; Xenophobia; Lobbyists; Trump, Donald, 1946-; Voting; Hispanic Americans--Political activity
City/Location
Arlington (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 Alfonso Lopez. 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 Alfonso Lopez (2025-03-27), Latino Virginia Oral History Project, Virginia Commonwealth University.
File Name
lvoh103_LopezAlfonso_interview.mp3
Disciplines
Latin American History | Latin American Languages and Societies | Oral History | Public History | Social History | United States History