https://wiith-archive.ucsc.edu/files/original/ef5581049c108574246f2d5ee7786b60.pdf bcd6578ff74021f292845a7e762a744f Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource DeOcampo Family Collection Description An account of the resource Paul “Skippy” Tabalan DeOcampo was born m<span>unicipality of Santo Domingo, in the Ilocos Sur region of the Philippines </span>on August 17, 1909 or 1910. The exact date of his birth is unknown. DeOcampo immigrated to the United States in 1928 following his brother Leon Tabalan DeOcampo, who immigrated in 1927. <br /><br />Paul settled in the Pajaro Valley working as a farmer at the Lazo-Rosser Ranch, which was owned by his cousins Leon Lazo and Cipriano Lazo and Cipriano's wife, May Rosser. He also worked as the head foreman at the Resetar, Sheehy, and J.J. Crosetti ranches. He served at J.J. Crosetti for fifty years where he managed the business' apple orchards. It was there where he later met his wife, Gloria Molina, a fellow J.J. Crosetti employee. They married on November 16, 1954. <br /><br />Gloria was born in La Salle, Texas on February 18, 1932 or 1937. The exact date of her birth is unknown. Her parents, Margarita Molina and Ascenscion “Chon” Molina, and their family left in 1945 for Michigan and Washington before eventually settling in Watsonville in 1952 to escape harsh agricultural working conditions in Texas. After years of saving money working in the agricultural sector, Paul and Gloria purchased five acres of land in Aromas in 1960 and began their farm where they grew cucumbers for pickling. <br /><br />They had three children, who were all born in Watsonville and raised in Aromas: Veronica Marie Hernandez (b. 1958), Antoinette Yvonne DeOcampo-Lechtenberg (b. 1960), and Paul Phillip DeOcampo, Jr. (b. 1967). All three children worked alongside their parents at the J.J. Crosetti Ranch until they pursued careers outside of agriculture. <br /><br />Paul passed in 1995 at the age of 86. <br /><br />The DeOcampo Family Collection was contributed to Watsonville is in the Heart by Paul and Gloria DeOcampo's children, Veronica Marie Hernandez, Antoinette Yvonne DeOcampo-Lechtenberg, and Paul Phillip DeOcampo, Jr., in 2021. The collection contains seventy-eight items in total. It includes oral history interviews with Veronica, Antoinette, and Paul in which they discuss their parents' histories and their experiences growing up in the Pajaro Valley. It also contains seventy-three material culture items that document their extended family's labor and leisure, most notably Paul DeOcampo's agricultural tools and photographs of their family network, which includes the Lazo, Rosser, and <a href="https://wiith.ucsc.edu/collections/show/12">Tuzon families</a>. Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Antoinette Yvonne DeOcampo-Lechtenberg Veronica Hernandez Paul Phillip DeOcampo, Jr. Oral History A resource containing historical information obtained in interviews with persons having firsthand knowledge. Interviewer The person(s) performing the interview Olivia Sawi Interviewee The person(s) being interviewed Antoinette Yvonne DeOcampo Lechtenberg Original Format The type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data mp3 Duration Length of time involved (seconds, minutes, hours, days, class periods, etc.) 2:02:44 URL <a href="https://escholarship.org/uc/item/4kt717w1#supplemental" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Link to audio recording on escholarship </a> Time Summary A summary of an interview given for different time stamps throughout the interview [04:25] Describing the Aromas community [6:34] Antoinette and her sister, Veronica’s experiences working in the fields while growing up [11:17] Father, Paul “Skippy” Tabalan DeOcampo’s and other family members’ farm properties in Watsonville and Aromas [15:04] Mother, Gloria Molina DeOcampo’s background and how Gloria and Skippy met [17:19] Skippy’s migration journey [18:49] Childhood memories of manongs, extended family, and friends [24:00] Racial and socioeconomic differences between Watsonville and Aromas communities [26:11] Leisure activities [28:12] Going to school in Aromas [29:59] Family dynamics and challenges [32:19] Memories of Skippy as a dedicated father and hard worker [36:03] Childhood memories of family barbeques at Lazo Ranch [38:24] Tensions Skippy experiences due to labor unionizing and his positionality as a contractor [41:14] Watsonville Race Riots, enduring racism in the community, and experiences of discrimination [48:14] Antoinette’s career at Cabrillo College [55:00] Skippy’s personality [58:40] Skippy’s and Gloria’s work to support the family through hard times [1:03:10] Mixed-race, “Mexi-pino” identity [1:06:10] Relationship between the DeOcampo and Rosser families [1:07:31] Describing a typical day growing up in Aromas [1:12:01] Interethnic interactions and the rural/urban divide between Aromas and Watsonville [1:16:56] Effects of agricultural chemicals on the health of field workers and the DeOcampo family [1:21:56] Food and healing [1:27:38] Antoinette’s path to being a herbalist and its roots in her family [1:37:25] Fond memories of leisure activities with manongs and family members Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Antoinette Yvonne DeOcampo Lechtenberg interviewed by Olivia Sawi Description An account of the resource In this interview, Antoinette Yvonne DeOcampo Lechtenberg speaks with Olivia Sawi, a member of the Watsonville is the Heart project team. Lechtenberg discusses her family background and immigration from the Philippines and Texas to Watsonville and later Aromas. She also discusses her experience growing up in a working-class, mixed-race family. She remembers her father’s difficulties navigating the 1965 Delano Grape Strike as a foreman. Lechtenberg also talked about the effects of pesticides on her family’s health and her turn towards herbalism and holistic medicine. She details her relationship with food as a product of her father’s love for eating. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Antoinette Yvonne DeOcampo Lechtenberg and Olivia Sawi Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource May 8, 2021 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource 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 A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Oral history Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context DEO.2021.83 Agriculture Aromas DeOcampo Farm Fishing J.J. Crosetti Ranch Race Riots Strikes