Oral history interview with Jhoana Monroy-Espinoza
Scope and Contents
This oral history interview with Jhoana Monroy-Espinoza was conducted by Sankar Raman on February 5, 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, Espinoza discusses her early life in Pachuca, Mexico, and the journey to the United States in 1997. She talks about life as an undocumented immigrant in Beaverton, Oregon, including her education and the racial discrimination she and her family faced. She then talks about becoming a teenage parent and refocusing on her education. She talks about marrying her partner and being denied a green card due to her undocumented status; the deportation of some of her family members; and applying for the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program. She talks about studying at Portland Community College and her plans for the future. She closes the interview by discussing the stress of living with undocumented status, the systemic racism in the United States, and her work with the Dream Center.
Dates
- 2018 February 5
Creator
- Monroy-Espinoza, Jhoana, 1991- (Interviewee, Person)
Conditions Governing Access
Collection is open for research.
Conditions Governing 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/
Biographical note
Jhoana Monroy-Espinoza was born in Pachuca, Mexico, in 1991. Her family came to the United States in 1997 and they settled in Beaverton, Oregon. She later applied for the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, which provides protections to some undocumented immigrants brought to the United States as children. She enrolled at Portland Community College and was director of the Dream Center, a project affiliated with PCC. She earned a bachelor’s degree in social work from Portland State University in 2020. She has two children.
Extent
51.2 Megabytes (1 online resource (1 audio file (55 min., 25 sec.))) : MPEG-4
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
Oral history interview with Jhoana Monroy-Espinoza conducted by Sankar Raman on February 5, 2018, for The Immigrant Story. Espinoza was born in Mexico and became a recipient of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program. She attended Portland Community College and Portland State University.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of The Immigrant Story, July 2020 (Lib. Acc. RL2020-018).
Publication note
Creator
- Monroy-Espinoza, Jhoana, 1991- (Interviewee, Person)
- Raman, Sankar (Interviewer, Person)
- Title
- Guide to oral history interview with Jhoana Monroy-Espinoza
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Sarah Stroman
- Date
- 2020
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
- Language of description note
- Finding aid is written in English.
Repository Details
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