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Oral history interview with Brianda Alcazar, 2018 July 22
Overview of the Collection
- Interviewee
- Alcazar, Brianda, 1993-
- Title
- Oral history interview with Brianda Alcazar
- Dates
- 2018 July 222018-07-222018-07-22
- Quantity
- 35 megabytes, (1 online resource (1 audio file (1 hr., 15 min., 12 sec.))) : MP4
- Collection Number
- SR 12269
- Summary
- Oral history interview with Brianda Alacazar conducted by Keven Salazar on July 22, 2018, for The Immigrant Story. Alcazar was born in Mexico and came to the United States with her family in 1999. She studied at Portland Community College and Pacific University, and is a recipient of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program.
- Repository
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Oregon Historical Society Research Library
1200 SW Park Avenue
Portland, OR
97205
Telephone: 503-306-5240
Fax: 503-219-2040
libreference@ohs.org - Access Restrictions
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Collection is open for research.
- Languages
- English
Biographical NoteReturn to Top
Brianda Alcazar was born in Michoacán, Mexico, in 1993. Her family came to the United States in 1999, and they settled in the Portland, Oregon, area. She earned an associate degree from Portland Community College in 2014 and a bachelor's degree in chemistry from Pacific University in 2017. She became a recipient of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, which provided protections for some undocumented immigrants brought to the United States as children. She married Salo Acosta and they had two children.
Content DescriptionReturn to Top
This oral history interview with Brianda Alcazar was conducted by Keven Salazar on July 22, 2018. The interview was recorded for The Immigrant Story, an organization that documents and archives the stories of immigrants and refugees in the United States. In this interview, Alcazar discusses her family background and early life in Michoacán, Mexico. She then describes coming to the United States with her family at age 6 and settling in the Portland, Oregon, area. She talks about her education and learning English as a second language. She discusses balancing her schoolwork with the expectation that she would fulfill traditional gender roles at home; leaving home at age 15; and continuing her education as a teenage mother. She describes her living conditions during the first years after the birth of her oldest child. She talks about studying at Portland Community College, her involvement with the Women's Resource Center, and balancing her education while raising children. She discusses the importance of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program in her daily life. She talks about dealing with racial discrimination, including explaining racism to her children; and describes her ethnic and cultural identity. She closes the interview by talking about her current activities and plans for the future.
Use of the CollectionReturn to Top
Preferred Citation
Oral history interview with Brianda Alcazar, by Keven Salazar, SR 12269, Oregon Historical Society Research Library.
Restrictions on Use
Joint copyright for this interview is held by the Oregon Historical Society and The Immigrant Story. Use is allowed according to the following statement: In Copyright – Educational Use Permitted, http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC-EDU/1.0/
Administrative InformationReturn to Top
Acquisition Information
Gift of The Immigrant Story, July 2020 (Lib. Acc. RL2020-018).
Bibliography
An article about Brianda Alcazar, "The Strength within Yourself" by Nancy E. Dollahite, was based on this interview and published on The Immigrant Story website at https://theimmigrantstory.org/strength/
Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top
Description | Dates |
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Oral history interview with Brianda Alcazar | 2018 July 22 |
Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Subject Terms
- English language--Study and teaching--United States--Foreign speakers
- Immigrant children--Legal status, laws, etc.--United States
- Immigrants--Oregon
- Mexican Americans--Oregon
- Teenage parents
- Undocumented immigrant children--United States
Personal Names
- Alcazar, Brianda, 1993-
Geographical Names
- United States--Immigration and emigration
Form or Genre Terms
- interviews
Other Creators
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Personal Names
- Salazar, Keven (interviewer)