Interview with Alfonso Lopez (2025-03-27)

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

    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

    Interview with Alfonso Lopez (2025-03-27)

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