Coming to the Plains Oral Histories/ Llenando las Llanuras Historias Orales

Title/Título

Enedina Manríquez

Interviewee/Entrevistado

Enedina Manríquez

Interviewer/Entrevistador

Michelle Warren; Jacob Rosdail

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Enedina Manríquez was born in Guanajuato, Mexico. Her family moved to the United States when Manríquez was ten months old. Manríquez and her family have lived in many places in the United States, moving to find work. They finally settled in Scottsbluff, Nebraska where her parents could work at a restaurant that Enedina’s uncle owned. Manríquez’s parents now own the restaurant. Manríquez is a part of DACA, which allows her to attend school and work in the United States as an undocumented immigrant. She discusses how being undocumented has impacted her life. Manríquez attended the University of Nebraska at Kearney to become a high school Spanish teacher.

Enedina Manríquez nació en Guanajuato México. Su familia se mudó a los Estados Unidos cuando Manríquez tenía diez meses de edad. Manríquez y su familia han vivido en diversos lugares en EE. UU. por las mudanzas necesarias para encontrar empleo. Finalmente se establecieron en Scottsbluff, Nebraska, donde sus padres trabajaron en el restaurante que el tío de Manríquez tenía en ese tiempo, los padres de Manríquez actualmente son dueños de ese restaurante. Manríquez es parte del programa DACA, el cual le permite asistir a la escuela y trabajar en los Estados Unidos como una inmigrante indocumentada. A pesar de su estado legal, Manríquez asiste a la Universidad de Nebraska en Kearney para convertirse en una maestra de español.

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Date of Interview/Fecha de la Entrevista

6-29-2018

Keywords/Palabras Clave

immigration, DACA, education, Emigración e inmigración, Educación, Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (U.S.)

Disciplines/Disciplina

Latin American Studies | Latina/o Studies | Oral History

Enedina Manríquez

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