Oregon
Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:
Oral history interview with Chris Ayzoukian
Oral history interview with Chris Ayzoukian conducted by Sankar Raman, Lindsey Keefer, and Nancy Dollahite on December 22, 2019. Ayzoukian discusses his early life in Beirut, Lebanon, during Lebanon's civil war; life in Los Angeles County, California, from 1983 to 2017; and his work as general manager of the Patricia Reser Center for the Arts in Beaverton, Oregon.
Oral history interview with Marcela Bonilla Morales
Oral history interview with Marcela Bonilla Morales, conducted by Sankar Raman, Nancy E. Dollahite, and Shea Seery on September 21, 2019, for The Immigrant Story. Bonilla Morales discusses adjusting to life in Beaverton, Oregon, after she and her family immigrated to the United States from El Salvador in 2006, and shares her experiences as an undocumented immigrant and with the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program (DACA).
Oral history interview with Petrona Dominguez Francisco
Oral history interview with Petrona Dominguez Francisco, conducted by Sankar Raman, Nancy Dollahite, and Hannah Kendall on March 18, 2020, for The Immigrant Story. Dominguez Francisco, who came with her family to Forest Grove, Oregon, from Guatemala when she was a child, discusses her experiences as an undocumented immigrant, and her activism for immigrant rights.
Oral history interview with Abdi Nazemian
Oral history interview with Abdi Nazemian conducted by Sankar Raman and Nancy E. Dollahite on November 8, 2019, for The Immigrant Story. Nazemian discusses his experiences as a gay Iranian American, and his career as a screenwriter and author.
Oral history interview with Inés A. Voglar Belgique
Oral history interview with Inés A. Voglar Belgique conducted by Nancy Dollahite and Sankar Raman on March 21, 2019, for The Immigrant Story. Volgar Belgique discusses her career as a violinist in Venezuela and Portland, Oregon.