Interview with Ada Romano (2025-04-12)
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Interviewees
Ada Romano
Interviewer
Joseph Roberts
Study ID
109
Description
Ada Romano shared her family's journey from El Salvador to the U.S., highlighting her father's migration during the civil war and their struggles in New York. Ada discussed her education, including her switch from nursing to journalism at VCU, and her subsequent work in news and mental health advocacy. She recounted the impact of COVID-19 on her family, including her grandfather's death due to the virus. Ada also addressed the challenges faced by the Latino community, particularly regarding immigration policies and the negative portrayal in media. She emphasized the resilience and hard work of her community, advocating for better understanding and support. Ada shared her personal experience with domestic abuse, highlighting the higher rate of abuse among Latino women. They discussed the generational acceptance of abuse in their community and their efforts to break this cycle by testifying against their abuser, who is in jail on a felony charge. Ada emphasized the importance of speaking out against abuse and how the cycle ends with younger generations now.
Note
Please note: This interview includes mention of sexual abuse against a child and domestic violence.
This interview was conducted in English, and the transcript is in English only.
Topical Subject
Salvadoran Americans; Hispanic Americans; Latin Americans; Emigration and immigration; Immigrant children; New York (State); Hispanic American college students; Hispanic American college graduates; Universities and colleges--Graduate work; Virginia Commonwealth University; College dropouts; Reporters and reporting; Baltimore sun; Catholics; Mental health; National Alliance on Mental Illness; College teaching Community college teaching; Communication; COVID-19 Pandemic, 2020-2023; Baseball; Wrestling; Heavy metal (Music); Racism
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
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Rights
This material is protected by copyright, and copyright is held by Ada Romano. 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 Ada Romano (2025-04-12), Latino Virginia Oral History Project, Virginia Commonwealth University.
File Name
lvoh109_RomanoAda_interview.mp3
Disciplines
Latin American History | Latin American Languages and Societies | Oral History | Public History | Social History | United States History