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OH 1746

About the Interviewee

IntervieweeDUQUE, Ada Fabiana (b. 1976)

About this oral history

Interview ID #OH 1746
Date(s) of interview
DescriptionFor the DFW Metroplex Immigrants Oral History Project. Colombian-born immigrant to Rockwall, Texas. Family background and the risks that accompanied being financially successful in Colombia during the Colombian civil war. Guerrilla violence in Colombia in the 1980s and 1990s; experience as an exchange student to Illinois in 1992; expectations about the U.S.; education and employment in food engineering; process of acquiring citizenship through political asylum; comments about travel, both domestic and abroad; learning English; opinions about U.S. immigration policy and cultural assimilation; reflections on American identity.
Interviewer(s)Molly E. Bundschuh
Physical Description40 pp.
Terms of UseOpen