Joanne de los Reyes-Hilario interviewed by Meleia Simon-Reynolds Part 2 of 2
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Title
Joanne de los Reyes-Hilario interviewed by Meleia Simon-Reynolds Part 2 of 2
Description
In this interview, Joanne de los Reyes-Hilario speaks with Meleia Simon-Reynolds and Christina Ayson Plank, two members of the Watsonville is in the Heart project team. De los Reyes discusses her memories of her family home on Elkhorn Road in Royal Oaks and visiting the labor camp on Riverside Drive in Watsonville. She also discusses cultural differences between the United States and the Philippines. De los Reyes also talks in more detail about her adoption and growing up with her cousins. Lastly, she discusses the importance of fishing to her and her father.
Creator
Joanne de los Reyes-Hilario and Meleia Simon-Reynolds
Date
July 23, 2021
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 escholarship. 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
Identifier
JDLR.2021.45
Oral History Item Type Metadata
Interviewer
Meleia Simon-Reynolds
Interviewee
Joanne de los Reyes-Hilario
Location
Royal Oaks, CA
Original Format
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Duration
40:00
Time Summary
[00:05] Discussion of a photograph of a large extended family gathering taken at the Revestir family home on Riverside Drive
[3:41] Memories of the Ibao-de los Reyes property on Riverside Drive
[4:52] Memories of the Ibao-Irao-de los Reyes home on Elkhorn Road
[6:52] Joanne’s migrations between the Philippines and the United States
[11:05] Significance of the family home on Elkhorn Road and the “American Dream”
[15:35] Joanne’s adoption story
[20:45] Co-parenting between biological parents, Serbolo Tulay and Bernabella Irao Ibao, and adoptive parents, Juan “Johnny” and Luisa Irao de los Reyes
[31:16] Joanne and Johnny’s passion for fishing
[37:03] Significance of the ocean in Johnny’s life and migrant experience
[3:41] Memories of the Ibao-de los Reyes property on Riverside Drive
[4:52] Memories of the Ibao-Irao-de los Reyes home on Elkhorn Road
[6:52] Joanne’s migrations between the Philippines and the United States
[11:05] Significance of the family home on Elkhorn Road and the “American Dream”
[15:35] Joanne’s adoption story
[20:45] Co-parenting between biological parents, Serbolo Tulay and Bernabella Irao Ibao, and adoptive parents, Juan “Johnny” and Luisa Irao de los Reyes
[31:16] Joanne and Johnny’s passion for fishing
[37:03] Significance of the ocean in Johnny’s life and migrant experience
URL
Link to audio recording on escholarship: Joanne de los Reyes interviewed by Meleia Simon-Reynolds
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Citation
Joanne de los Reyes-Hilario and Meleia Simon-Reynolds , “Joanne de los Reyes-Hilario interviewed by Meleia Simon-Reynolds Part 2 of 2,” Watsonville is in the Heart: Community Digital Archive, accessed March 7, 2026, https://wiith-archive.ucsc.edu/items/show/36.
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