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Lead/Hook: Tom and Anna Maldonado have been married for 47 years. Their life as individuals and their life together are a tribute to the values, traditions, and culture they grew up loving, but they also shared experiences that challenged the cultural norms of their time.

Nut Graph: Both Tom and Anna grew up in a big Mexican-American household where their parents sacrificed and did everything they could to provide for the family. It wasn’t a lot to some people, but it was everything and more to Tom and Anna. As they both grew older raising their own family, they also experienced the hardship of watching their parents grow older.

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Sometimes we don't take the time to listen to other people's story and when they go….. you wish you would've listened; if we all took the time to listen to everybody's story we'd all see that everybody's story is important  that's why I decided to interview my grandparents

A veces no nos tomamos el tiempo de escuchar la historia de otras personas y cuando van..... desearías haber escuchado; si todos nos tomáramos el tiempo de escuchar la historia de todos veríamos que la historia de todos es importante por eso decidí entrevistar a mis abuelos

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LEAD: Growing up the second youngest of 12 children, Maria Anna Becho-Keene often found herself dreaming of a life beyond the Valley.

NUTGRAF: Becho-Keene was raised in Mission, Texas, a small farming community on the southern border. Each summer while she was in middle school, her family would travel to earn money as migrant farm workers.

QUOTE: “I remember first going when I was 13,” she said. “We worked because my parents could not afford to buy school clothes.”

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Lead/Hook: “People need to practice diversity and understand each other’s cultures” - Carmen Perez 2021

This quote was from my interview with Carmen Perez. Looking at the surface it might be strange to some people and others might not even bat an eye at it, but when you look closer and start to think about how this affects so many people and why it’s so important. In this article,  I’ll talk about my interview with Ms. Carmen Perez, and the reason for this quote, and the importance and truth behind it.

Nut graph: Growing up in Texas as a Mexican-American female Carmen Perez has faced many challenges. In this article, I will be going over our interview and how her thinking has changed my perspective.

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I've always thought that my mom was a very interesting person and really looked up to her. So that made me wonder what it was like for the first few years of her life.
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Forever the oldest of a small family, my mom was always very fun and creative. so it made me wonder what it was like to always have somebody to take care of. What were her troubles and triumphs. What did she enjoy doing in her free time.

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Lead/Hook: “Never give up and follow your dreams” This is what my big sister told me all my life, so just like her I’m going to do that because she followed her dreams so I am going to follow mine.

End: I'm going to follow my dreams and never give up because that is what my sister did and her story is important. Just because she is young doesn't mean she or her story don't matter. If anything her story matters the most, since she is still young that means she is the future of our generation.

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Some people dont take the time to understand the strugle some people go througt Born and raised in Mexico and with a family of 8 and the best of the comunidad my dad Ricardo H. Lopez he had big dreams of becoming a railroad manager.

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Ricardo was born is Yuriria Gto , Mexico with his loving family of 8 he chased his dreams and completed them "At the beginning I didnt have no friends. I didnt know the language, English I didnt know how to even say "Hi"... So it was fun.. It was fun"

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Comienzo: Aveces escribir  historias pueden cambiar el final y esta no es la excepcion, muchas veces deseariamos haber decidido algo mejor en el pasado y esto es lo que esta historia quiere ensenarle al mundo.

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Lead/Hook:  Pablo Llamas, a Vietnam War veteran, had to fulfill familial and country obligations and responsibilities that left him on a predetermined path for most of his life.

Nut Graph: Llamas was raised in Niederwald, Texas and lived with his father, who immigrated from Mexico, mother, and younger brother. His parents held jobs as sharecroppers and Pablo was faced with helping his parents in the fields until he joined the military in 1970.

“During the school year [my brother and I] would  start [school] late because we helped with the harvesting of the cotton until cotton season was over”

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Throughout Frances Burciaga’s life she experienced many eye opening events for both the good and bad.

Nut Graph: In her youth, Frances and her family were not well off but she remembers little experiences that made her childhood special, “I remember going to the drive-in with my family every Saturday which really seemed like a big deal to a kid.” While her family wasn’t well off they always did little things to make it special.

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Getting to know someone who raised you can let you in on wisdom and ideas about who you are, that's why I interviewed my Dad, someone who values getting to know your heritage and culture.

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Juan was born in Brownsville Texas, the tip of Texas. Living on the border came with many trips to Mexico, and days spent on the beach. Growing up with limited money, he saved money by spending time with family. Doing this would help him understand the value of knowing your backround, and sharing stories to keep it alive.

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Gonzalo Rodriguez, a hard worker ever since he was a teenager.Having to provide items for his family .He experienced tough challenges from begging to end but he had faced them all. Amanda Rodriguez, being a teen mom and dealing with high school was a struggle.She  had to do many responsibilities at a young age. (Im still working on the lead/hook)

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Born in Rio Verde, Mexico and the only girl of 5 for 12 years. Elizabeth Charre was ready to help out and do good in school.

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Not long ago, it was not uncommon for the lives of women to be planned and determined by others. For my mother, Cecilia Moreno Saco, a soft spoken young girl born in Santiago, Chile in 1950, unexpectedly became the one to change that course for the women in her family.

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While Cecilia was born Chilean, she felt Peruvian at heart. "I grew up practically in Peru and learned to live its land, its people an culture." Her family moved to Lima, Peru when she was seven years old for a job opportunity that was presented to her father. Growing up in Lima, as the oldest of three sisters, she was expected to take on the most responsibilities and care for her sisters, while also helping her parents around the home.

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Raised by a strong woman, and with a loving family and comunidad, in the small town of Holbrook, Arizona, my mom Vivian Alvarez Flores, had a solid foundation for big dreams.

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The youngest of 13, my mom, Vivian,  was always surrounded by her sisters,  nieces, nephews and cousins, which has given her cherished memories and special stories. From her family and comunidad, Vivian learned so much about herself and about life.