by Kahleah Paris | Mar 13, 2025 | Digital Exhibit
By Kahleah P. Paris, History Major, Class of 2027 Herlinda Sanchez’s story begins in Mexico, where she spent her early years before immigrating to the United States in 1928. Her reason for immigrating is unknown, but like many other Mexican migrants of the...
by eherrera | Mar 13, 2025 | Digital Exhibit
By Esperanza Herrera-Moore, Family and Human Services Major, Class of 2026 The life that Anna and Frank lived was a unique one during this time. Anna was born in Guaymas, Guaymas Municipality, Sonora, Mexico, on June 3rd, 1898. She immigrated to the United States in...
by corozco4 | Mar 10, 2025 | Digital Exhibit
By Carlos H. Orozco, Human Physiology major/ Latinx Studies Minor, Class of 2025 The Mendoza Family Arriving in Lane County Juan Mendoza was born in 1896 in Mexico and was living in Lane County, Oregon, in the 1930s with his wife Margarita and daughter Guadalupe. His...
by lmarti17 | Mar 9, 2025 | Digital Exhibit
By Lauren Martinez, Family & Human Services major, class of 2025 Setting the Stage Mexican women are not often seen as leaders of their families. Juanita E. Hovgaard, formerly Valencia, and her family did not follow the typical narrative of Mexican railroad...
by gabbyp | Jun 4, 2024 | Digital Exhibit
By Gabriela G. Padilla Ruiz, Human Physiology Major, Latinx Studies Minor, Class of 2026 Migration was not something uncommon for Felipe Gonzalez, a young and single man, with the dream to achieve better things in this world. Born on February 5, 1902, in...