Watsonville is in the Heart: Community Digital Archive

Veronica Hernandez interviewed by Dioscoro "Roy" Respino Recio Jr. and Amanda Gamban

In this interview, originally recorded on video over Zoom, Veronica Hernandez speaks with Dioscoro…

Tags: Agriculture, Aromas, Barbeques, Cars, Family, Filipino Catholic Association, Food, Interracial Relations, Labor, Leisure, Manongs, Marriage, Mixed-race Identity, Oral History, Race

In this interview, originally conducted via Zoom, Tony Baniaga speaks with Markus Faye Portacio, a…

Tags: Driscoll, Filipino Infantry Regiment, J.J. Crosetti Farms, Military, Sears Brothers, Watsonville Canning Company, Watsonville High School, West Coast Farms

In this interview, originally conducted in person, Shirley Ancheta speaks with Dr. Steve McKay, a…

In this interview, originally recorded in person, Samuel “Sammy” Yoro speaks with Watsonville is in…

Tags: Agriculture, Canneries, Labor Strikes, Mixed-race Identity, New Mexico, Oral History, Watsonville

In this interview, originally recorded via Zoom Ruby Baniaga Kalidonis speaks with Markus Faye…

Tags: Agriculture, California, Domestic Labor, Gardening, Hawai'i, Mexipino, Migration, Mixed-race Identity, Oral History, Philippines, Watsonville

In this interview, originally conducted in person, Rosario “Rose” Magdalena Lopez speaks with…

Tags: Agriculture, Canneries, Community, Cooking, Family, Immigration, Interracial Relations, Leisure, Mixed-race Identity, Oral History, Watsonville

In this interview, originally recorded over Zoom, Raymond “Ray” Gonzalez speaks with Watsonville is…

Tags: Adopted Family, Alaska, Canneries, Community, Cook, Family, Hawai'i, Immigration, Labor Camp, Las vegas, Leisure, Mixed-race Identity, Occupied Philippines, Religion, Salinas, Stoop Labor, Texas, Watsonville

In the third part of this three part interview, Paul Phillip DeOcampo speaks with Dr. Kathleen "Kat"…

Tags: Labor, Oral History, Riots, Strikes, United Farm Workers

In the first part of this three part interview, Paul Phillip DeOcampo speaks with Dr. Kathleen "Kat"…

Tags: Aromas, Canneries, Hawai'i, J.J. Crosetti Ranch, Labor, Leisure, Marriage, Migration, Mixed-race Identity, Oral History

In the second part of this three part interview, Paul Phillip DeOcampo speaks with Dr. Kathleen…

Tags: Aromas, Family, Interracial Relations, Labor, Leisure, Marriage, Migration, Mixed-race Identity, Oral History, Riots

In this interview, originally recorded in-person, Modesto Orlando Tuzon and Rita Louise Tuzon speak…

Tags: Agriculture, Family, Food, Interracial Relations, Labor, Las Lomas, Leisure, Lewis Road, Manongs, Migration, Mixed-race Identity, Musicians, Oral History, Race, Riots, United Farm Workers, Watsonville High School

In this interview, originally recorded in-person, Modesto Orlando Tuzon and Rita Louise Tuzon speak…

Tags: Agriculture, Arroyo Grande, Family, Interracial Relations, Labor, Las Lomas, Leisure, Lewis Road, Manongs, Marriage, Migration, Mixed-race Identity, Musicians, Oral History, Race, Riots, San Francisco, Watsonville High School