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John Marquez interviewed by Katrina Pagaduan

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Title

John Marquez interviewed by Katrina Pagaduan

Description

In this interview, originally recorded in person, John Marquez and his mother, Evelyn Marquez talk with Watsonville is in the Heart team member Katrina Pagaduan. John primarily speaks about his grandfather, Leon Custodio Ventura, who served in the U.S. military and then immigrated to the United States. Evelyn describes her experience traveling by boat from the Philippines to California as a young child. John speaks about his grandfather’s experiences harvesting apples and strawberries for Jenson & Son Company in Watsonville. He recalls his time working in the fields with his grandfather when he was younger. He talks about his family’s experiences within the Watsonville Filipino American community and remembers that his grandparents taught other Filipino migrants how to navigate U.S. processes including citizenship, Social Security, and banking.

Creator

John Marquez
Katrina Pagaduan
Evelyn Marquez

Date

October 20, 2022

Rights

Watsonville is in the Heart (WIITH) is a community-driven public history initiative to preserve and uplift stories of Filipino migration and labor in the city of Watsonville and greater Pajaro Valley. All oral history interviews are donated to WIITH by the narrators. Copyright is held by WIITH. Oral history interview recordings and transcripts are available for unrestricted use and reproduction by educators and researchers. Please note that the recordings on this website are provided via Soundcloud. For access to oral history audio files, please contact the project director at wiith@ucsc.edu. If you are an oral history narrator and would like to remove your interview from the archive website, please contact the project director.

Language

English

Type

Oral History

Oral History Item Type Metadata

Interviewer

Katrina Pagaduan

Interviewee

John Marquez
Evelyn Marquez

Original Format

.wav

Duration

1:37:22

URL

Link to audio recording on escholarship: John Marquez interviewed by Katrina Pagaduan

Files

John and Evelyn Marquez interviewed by Katrina Pagaduan.pdf

Citation

John Marquez, Katrina Pagaduan, and Evelyn Marquez, “John Marquez interviewed by Katrina Pagaduan,” Watsonville is in the Heart: Community Digital Archive, accessed December 11, 2024, https://wiith-archive.ucsc.edu/items/show/1337.

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