For the DFW Metroplex Immigrants Oral History Project. Mexican-born immigrant to Arlington, Texas and UNT graduate student. Family history; childhood and education in Cuauhtémoc, Mexico; college experience at the University of Chihuahua; interest in broadcast journalism; transfer to UTEP; struggles to learn English; experiences with U.S. immigration bureaucracy; career in television production; career as bilingual elementary school teacher; decision to enter UNT’s PhD program in educational research; desire to remain in Dallas-Fort Worth era and earn U.S.