| Interviewee | GODOY, Simon Lira (b. 1957) |
| Interview ID # | OH 1724 |
| Date(s) of interview | |
| Description | For the DFW Metroplex Immigrants Oral History Project. Mexican-born immigrant to Dallas; chef, maintenance director for 2011 Cedar Springs building. Born in Durango, Mexico; early life with family in agriculture in the 1960s; educated in Mexico; crossed the border illegally by swimming the Rio Grande, walked 80 miles and worked various jobs; eventually made his way to Dallas; subsequent work experience in Dallas as an illegal immigrant; citizenship process; marriage and family. |
| Interviewer(s) | Jackie Roberts |
| Physical Description | 43 pp. |
| Terms of Use | Open |
