Interview with Nancy Rodrigues (2025-03-06)
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Interviewees
Nancy Rodrigues
Interviewer
Carter Hutchinson
Study ID
106
Description
Nancy Rodrigues served Secretary of the State Board of Elections from 2007-2011 and Secretary of Administration from 2004-2018, working under three Virginia governors (Kaine, McDonnell and McAuliffe). As Secretary of Administration for the Commonwealth of Virginia--an expansive position within the governor’s cabinet--she oversaw Virginia’s elections, administered state employee policies and benefits, maintained the physical plant of the state, and oversaw Virginia’s information technology, to name just a few of the responsibilities. Rodrigues’ parents — both of Portuguese descent — immigrated from Brazil to Newark, New Jersey, where she grew up. In this interview, Rodrigues shares about her childhood in Newark, her dedication to education, her experiences as the child of Brazilian immigrants, and how that has influenced her role in the Latino communities she has worked with.
Note
This interview was conducted in English, and the transcript is in English only.
Topical Subject
Brazilian Americans; Portuguese Americans; Latin Americans; Brazil; Portugal; Emigration and immigration; Children of immigrants; Newark (N.J.); Cuban Missile Crisis, 1962; Emergency drills; Education; Rutgers University; Scholarships; English language--Study and teaching--Foreign speakers; Governors--Virginia; McAuliffe, Terry; Surry County (Va.); Racism; Colorism
City/Location
Surry County (Va.)
Genre
oral histories (literary genre)
Local Genre
oral history; sound recording; text
Type
Sound; Text
Digital Format
audio/mp3
Language
eng
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Rights
This material is protected by copyright, and copyright is held by Nancy Rodrigues. 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 Interview with Nancy Rodrigues (2025-03-06), Latino Virginia Oral History Project, Virginia Commonwealth University.
File Name
lvoh106_RodriguesNancy_interview.mp3
Disciplines
Latin American History | Latin American Languages and Societies | Oral History | Public History | Social History | United States History