Tell me about yourself.
How would people describe you?
Do most of your relatives live in New Mexico? If not, then where do they live?
Where were your mother and father born?
How long have you lived in New Mexico for?*
Why did your mother and father relocate to New Mexico?*
Have you or your family had any problems while living in New Mexico? (Discrimination?)
What does it feel like to live in a state where most of the demographic consists of individuals who are Hispanic? (Have you ever felt out of place?)
What was the first language that you spoke?*
How did you learn to speak English?
As of right now, what are you doing with your life?
What are your parents like?
Did your parents attend college?*
What made you decide to go to college? (Did
The United States of America was a country founded by immigrants on the values of equality and freedom and the idea of a fresh start. Only American Indians are truly native to this country and the rest of us have some history of immigration in our ancestry. So what about today’s immigrants? Most people immigrate to the United States searching for simply searching for a better life. Immigration seems like it should be a simple and organized process, but many people who try to immigrate to the United States find that the process is not so simple. To better understand the immigration process, I have interviewed a friend who immigrated to the United States as a small child and now faces the
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To be Mexican-American is to unconditionally love one’s family and all it stands for. Mexican-Americans are an incredibly close-knit group of people, especially when it comes to family. We are probably the only culture that can actually recite the names of our fourth cousins by heart. In this respect our families are like clans, they go much further than the immediate family and very deep into extended families. (p. 173)
Beginning in 1943, the hilltop mesa of Los Alamos began its transformation from a quiet landscape for homesteaders and Ashley Pounds’ boy school, into a bustling community for the Manhattan Project. Resident of Los Alamos County for seventy-one and a half years Roger Rasmussen can attest to the transformations, changes, and what life was life was like in Los Alamos as the small laboratory grew into the thriving community that we know today. Born in North Central Mason City, Iowa Roger and his family would live here until he was six years old. Upon, turning six many changes began to take place in Roger’s life. The moving from Iowa to Illinois would prove to be a pivotal change in Roger’s life as his father, who worked in engineering, would be transferred by the company that he was working for. Shortly after arriving in Illinois his family would move to Chicago. It was here during his high school days that he would
Mexico is a lovely country just south of the United states. The Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean are on the borders of this country. It is approximately two million square kilometers. The two main climates are tropical and desert, which are two very hot climates. It is plentiful with natural resources such as gold, timber, zinc, and silver. There are approximately two hundred million people who inhabit Mexico, and the predominant language spoken is spanish. The vast majority of people follow a christian faith, but it is not forced upon the citizens. The laws of Mexico is for the most part similar to the United states, but can slightly differ.
My interviewee’s primary and secondary identifiers are Korean and immigrant in the United States. As a future school counselor, I must become multicultural competent and become aware of each client and group that I may encounter in my field. Each of the group would have a social justice issue that I would need to improve the issue and advocate for the group. The issue that Korean immigrant in America would encounter is the immigration status as undocumented, especially with Donald Trump as our current United States president. When Donald Trump took the office, he immediately revised the immigration policy, the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, also known as DACA.
Because this gives you very little information. Your purpose is to learn about the applicant, and you can do so only by getting the person to talk. However, you should avoid permitting the applicant to wander off the subject for minutes at a time.
I just thought it was a state of strictly farmers and cows, but it just happened to have a large military fort that my dad was getting stationed to. My whole family was in shock when he told us we had to move to Kansas of all places. We were all pretty upset about the situation, but my dad and I didn’t compare to my mom and sister. My mom and sister were notorious for being beach bums, as they would sit out in the sand for the whole day only coming inside to refill drinks or get something to eat. They were out in the sun so much that their hair turned from dark brown to an almost dirty blonde, and their skin was almost as dark as their hair. As for my dad and I, we were white as sour cream other than our arms and legs as we enjoyed the beach in modesty from our deck. On top of the tan lines we both shared, we looked exactly alike. Both dirty blonde hair and same facial structure, but my dad was 6’2” with biceps the size of my head and I was just a 10 year old. We didn’t seem as upset about the move because we both had the interest of moving somewhere different. As we packed our things and said our goodbyes, I never thought about the deeper changes in my life that I would have to
The interview process is something we have all gone through in order to get any job. It may not be our dream job but it is a job and we all have to do this process in order to even be able to start working. In Katy Piotrowski’s article “Preparing for the Job Interview: Know Thyself,” she explains everything that you need to know and not know when going to a job interview. Graduating college and having a Bachelor’s degree of Science in Nursing is what I look forward to doing in the next two years. I will be discussing myself applying for a position in the nursing department. Being the right candidate for this RN nursing position in hospice care requires a lot of hard work and dedication, and that is why I am a good candidate for this position.
Hispanics are proud of who they are and it does not matter where you end up, we can never forget where we come from. Hispanics have noticeably strong family values. Traditionally Hispanics are known to have a large branch of family. There is always support and appreciation for your family members. There was a moment my parents went their separate ways. My mother took custody of my brothers, and me. They loved each other very much, but there were circumstances that didn’t allow for their union to continue. My mother was still there to support my father. In this time that they were separating my mother persevered. With the help of my aunts and uncles she was able to thrive. They would help her in any way possible, if that may be emotionally, mentally, or financially.
I'm originally from Albuquerque, New Mexico, where there is an abundance of Hispanic culture. Hispanics are often defined as people from Spain or any country that is Spanish speaking in Latin America. In this essay, I will share with you some affects that Hispanic culture had on me and how it opened my eyes to better understand diversity. Among the United States, New Mexico has the highest percentage of Hispanics according to The U.S. Census Bureau, Hispanics are estimated to be 48% of the total population of people living in New Mexico, which is the highest of any other state. Hispanicization is the process by which a place or a person absorbs characteristics of Hispanic society and culture.
2) Please discuss a current public policy issue that is relevant and timely for the Latino community and explain why this is important to the nation.
Overall, my feelings and thoughts about this experience were positive, emotional, as well as informative. I feel that some of the things that were mentioned I would have never known until this interview was actually conducted. The thought of troops living conditions while being deployed was just horrific. You have military troops out fighting for our country and protecting, ,but don’t have a descent bed to sleep in, no air conditioning, being on missions that they don’t know whether they are going to make out dead or alive. They are not able to contact their families as much as they would like to because they are so many miles and hours away. I give the upmost respect to our military troops because it if wasn’t for them who knows what the world
As part of my heritage and culture I know that I will always have a place to come home to, my mom will always be waiting with open arms for my return, not matter if a have a family of my own. My family is extremely crucial, although most of my family live in Colombia my brother and my mom are essential to who I am. For example, my older brother moved out recently yet we still have Saturday dinners together. Being Hispanic means being a member of a community, as I stated before, the only immediate family I have in the Unites State is my brother and my mom nevertheless my mom’s friends are my “aunts” and my close Hispanic friends are my siblings.
The majority of the Hispanic American population is located in the southwest part of the country. The three largest populations of Hispanic people include immigrants from Mexico, Cuba, and Puerto Rico. Most of the Hispanic Americans that live in the southwest part of the United States come from Mexico. The majority of the Cuban population lives in or around the Miami Florida area. The Puerto Rican population typically resides in the northeast corner of the United States including New York and New Jersey (Healy 2012).