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My Notes Will Be... Challenges and Solutions faced by Hispanic People http://www.federalwaymirror.com/lifestyle/35169294.html# 1. Poverty Problem Solution
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 * About 30% percent of Hispanics grow up in a poor family with low - income.
 * They can only can use the money for shelter, food, and clothing. They don't have the money to have healthcare or insurance or even a car. \
 * They also live in hiding, afraid of being deported back to their original country.
 * They have a limit of jobs they are capable of doing. They speak Spanish, 80% percent of the people in the United States speak English ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Languages_of_the_United_States) So jobs requiring talking to people in English is not a option. They don't have experience with American money so they can't be a cashier.
 * Luckily, many private corporations have been funding Hispanic families.
 * When these families are finally on their feet they support other families who need help making lives in America

=Top issue for Hispanics? Hint: It’s not immigration = http://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2014/06/02/top-issue-for-hispanics-hint-its-not-immigration/
 * One problem is fear of deportation. About 3 million immigrants have been deported since 2004.

Julia Alvarez: Official Author Website http://www.juliaalvarez.com/ http://www.juliaalvarez.com/about
 * She is the author of novels, essays, books for young readers, and poetry



Julia Alvarez: Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julia_Alvarez <span style="color: #ed0d0d; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 140%;">Early Life Three months after Julia's birth in New York City, her family moved back to the Dominican Republic, where they would live for the next 10 years. At a young age Julia developed a talent fro story telling. She usually was called upon to tell stories to guests for entertainment. In 1960, plans to overthrow the Dominican Republic's government failed forcing Julia and her family to flee the country and move back to the United States. She became very homesick. She had spoken Spanish most of her life. The move to the United States forced her to learn English. At her new catholic school, Julia was usually bullied for being Hispanic. The other children usually called her "Spic" as a mean nickname. While at her new school she discovered books. To her they were portable homelands. Her teachers encouraged her interest in literature and encouraged her to write down her stories. By a young age she knew what she wanted to do with her life. At age 13, her parents sent her top Abbott Academy, a boarding school. When she went to the Abbott Academy her relationship with her parents suffered and continued to suffer when she returned to the Dominican Republic every summer.
 * Birthday: March 27, 1950
 * Age: 66
 * Where: New York City, New York
 * Language: English
 * Nationality: Dominican - American
 * Ethnicity: Dominican
 * Education : Abbott Academy, Connecticut College, Syracuse University, Middlebury College
 * Spouse: Bill Eiche;They have been married for 27 years
 * Religion: Roman Catholicism

<span style="color: #e81414; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 140%;">College and Career After she graduated from the Abbott Academy she continued her education further at Connecticut College. In 1975 she earned her Master's Degree. She was a writer - in residence for the Kentucky Arts Commission. She traveled through New York teaching writing workshops. She soon realized she also had a passion for teaching. Today she lives in Vermont. She gives readings and lectures around the country. She is also a part - time teacher at Middlebury College. There, she teaches creative writing. She and her husband purchased a farm called Alta Garcia. Alta Gracia is a organization that supports education and literature worldwide. It also supports a cleaner planet. Her first book,How the Gracia Girls Lost Their Accents was popular rigth away.

<span style="color: #da1ade; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 160%;">Interview: Gloria Manuela Barbas

1. Where did your interviewee grow up?
 * She grew up on 16th Street, Ybor City, Florida.
 * 16th Street to be exact.

2. How many people lived together in the immediate family and how did they get along?
 * 3 - 5 people lived in her house
 * "We were blest."
 * Everyone got along nicely.

3. What did they or their family do for a living?
 * First, they were cigar rollers.
 * Then they bought a grocery store and went into the grocery business.

4. What jobs/responsibilities did the interviewee have growing up?
 * ''I was the spoiled brat."
 * Gloria's mother spoiled her and never gave her any jobs/responsibilities.
 * ''My sister usually gave me things to do."
 * She was like my mother.

5. What was their home and neighborhood like - physically and socially?
 * They would sit on their porches and talk for hours.
 * " It was better back then. Everyone wants to stay inside now with the air conditioning. Back then we opened the windows since we didn't have air conditioning.''

6. What special events did they celebrate?
 * "We celebrated Christmas and birthdays. Basically all the normal holidays."
 * One special event was when she was nominated and voted for to be Queen of the School.

7. Did your interviewee experience any weddings, funerals, coming - of - age ceremonies or other life cycle events?
 * When her brother died they had a funeral in their house ( a wake ).
 * She didn't have a Quinceañera.

8. How did race and/ or ethnicity affect life?
 * When she was growing up she did not face discrimination because of being Hispanic.
 * Though she did grow up while the Jim Crow Laws where in place.

9. Why did she come to the United States?
 * Like most immigrants, Gloria's parents came to the United States as adults to live a better life and raise a family.
 * They went from Spain, made a sort stop in Cuba, and settled in Ybor City, Florida.
 * They did not come through Ellis Island.

10. What were some of the struggles and challenges they faced?
 * One struggle most immigrants don't face is a lose of a son, and brother.
 * The whole family had trouble speaking English. Gloria and her siblings learned English in school. Gloria's mother and father never learned so they always spoke Spanish at home, making it difficult to learn English.
 * One struggle was money. They had to learn a whole other system. They had to pay bills. They had to buy new clothes and shoes. They had to buy food. They were not the richest family.
 * A last struggle is starting a business.
 * "There were many struggles. Nobody should have to go through losing a child."

11. How did your interviewee learn English? ( If they did. )
 * ''I went to school not knowing a single word of English. They even sent me back a few grades so I could learn."
 * She had always spoken Spanish at home.

12. What does she do that maintains that connection to their culture.
 * All of Gloria's friends today only speak English.
 * She still knows how to speak Spanish though.
 * Speaking Spanish is how she connects with her Spanish culture.