Oral history interview with Ruben Estrada-Herrera
Scope and Contents
This oral history interview with Ruben Estrada-Herrera was conducted by Sankar Raman on February 15, 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, Estrada-Herrera discusses his early life in Santiago, Cuba, including the festival of Carnavales, his education, and Cuban culture. He describes the process of immigrating to the United States in 2011. He talks about his life in Portland, Oregon, including his parents’ careers, his education, and learning English as a second language. He discusses earning scholarships, choosing to attend Warner Pacific University, and studying bio-medical engineering. He closes the interview by talking about his plans for the future and his thoughts on the American Dream.
Dates
- 2018 February 15
Creator
- Estrada-Herrera, Ruben, 1995- (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
Ruben Estrada-Herrera was born in Santiago, Cuba, in 1995. His family immigrated to the United States in 2011, and they settled in Portland, Oregon. He earned a bachelor’s degree in bio-medical engineering from Warner Pacific University in 2019 and then was an employee of Portland Public Schools.
Extent
83.6 Megabytes (1 online resource (1 audio file (1 hr., 30 min., 26 sec.))) : MPEG-4
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
Oral history interview with Ruben Estrada-Herrera conducted by Sankar Raman on February 15, 2018, for The Immigrant Story. Estrada-Herrera immigrated with his family to the United States from Cuba in 2011, and he studied bio-medical engineering at Warner Pacific University.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of The Immigrant Story, July 2020 (Lib. Acc. RL2020-018).
Publication note
Creator
- Estrada-Herrera, Ruben, 1995- (Interviewee, Person)
- Raman, Sankar (Interviewer, Person)
- Title
- Guide to oral history interview with Ruben Estrada-Herrera
- 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
Part of the Oregon Historical Society Research Library Repository
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