Hello Everyone.
My name is Mary Ann. I am a native Angelino. I was born and raised in Los Angeles. I've lived in the Bay area for about two and half years. It’s a nice place, but I do miss my family. After I moved here my siblings decided to have children. I have three nephews and two nieces. My husband and I relocated to this area because of his job. It’s been interesting discovering other areas of California. I received my degree in 2007 but have been unable to find a steady teaching position. We recently added a turtle to the family. His name is Mad Max.
I am of Mexican-American descent. I am interested in the contributions that Mexican-Americans have made to this country. In this class, I would like to explore subjects that deal with the Mexican-American community. One of the ideas I am playing with is the role of Mexican-Americans during WWII, Korea, or Vietnam in Northern California. Something else I've been thinking about is the role of Mexican women in the development of Hayward. I am not sure about what I want to explore, but I think it will be something along that line. I think it is important to emphasize the different contributions to the development of California from all ethnicities.
Very interesting. I am glad to hear you are taking a class but sad to hear you have not been able to find a stedy job teaching. You could be an excellent role model for Latino students and particularly girls.
ReplyDeleteI was wondering why you were particularly interested in finding out about the role of latino women in the development of Hayward.
I relocated in California 19 years ago and I still miss my family and my "raices" too although things have gotten better now that I have my own family. I appreciate everything this country has given me but I am often feel that I will always be an in between, "ni una cosa ni otra" I can imagine latinos would enrol in war to prove that they were part of it (America) I never thought machismo would be one of the reasons but it makes a lot of sense.
I do not know if I have confused you with my rambling. Hope to hear from you soon.
nice to see someone is concentrating on Latin
ReplyDeletestudies during world war 2 and my mother told me of the rations and how she lost a show during rations and my grandparents almost killed her..not literally but they she was not able to get shoes for 6 months.
I read these blogs with great interest as WWII was something i was interested in and
the latin side of it was interesting!