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.

For the DFW Metroplex Immigrants Oral History Project. India-born immigrant to suburban Carrollton, Texas. Childhood and education in Bangalore, Madurai, and other locations throughout India; 1994 arranged marriage to a family friend living in New Jersey; first impressions of the U.S.; enrollment in Rutgers University M.A. program in statistics; work in insurance industry; immigration bureaucracy; struggle to keep close ties with family in India; 2005 relocation to Dallas suburb; comparison and contrast of life in India, New Jersey, and Texas.