Interview with Maria Elena White, November 8, 2013
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- 2013-11-08
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Maria White is interviewed on November 8, 2013 in Beloit, Wisconsin. White speaks of the difficulty of her immigration to the United States from Mexico, and how she had to take some remedial coursework despite having advanced degrees from an institution in Mexico. White talks about her passion for interpretation, and how that led her to do advocacy work in both the public and private sector on behalf those who spoke English as a secondary language, in the form of interpreting Human Resources documents for companies, or providing agencies with ways to make their services more visible to the Spanish-speaking community. White also speaks of a passion for storytelling and literacy in order to understand the cultural heritage of various communities.This video interview was conducted by students who participated in a Chican@ and Latin@ Studies (CLS) course at University of Wisconsin-Madison, taught by Andrea-Teresa "Tess" Arenas, Ph.D.. Students were trained in qualitative research
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White, Maria Elena
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- Recollection Wisconsin
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- Wisconsin Historical Society
- Subjects
- Oral histories (document genre)
Hispanic American women -- Political activity -- Wisconsin
Hispanic American women -- Wisconsin -- Interviews
Women political activists -- Wisconsin -- Interviews - Location
- Beloit (Wis.)
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- moving image
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- English
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- White, Maria Elena. Interview with Maria Elena White, November 8, 2013. 2013-11-08. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America, http://content.wisconsinhistory.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15932coll15/id/28. (Accessed March 29, 2024.)
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- White, Maria Elena, (2013-11-08) Interview with Maria Elena White, November 8, 2013. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America, http://content.wisconsinhistory.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15932coll15/id/28
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- White, Maria Elena. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America <http://content.wisconsinhistory.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15932coll15/id/28>.