OH 1921 | Oral History

OH 1921

GONZALEZ, Francisco (b. 1976)

Notable: DFW Immigration Oral History Project
For the DFW Immigration Oral History Project. His reflections on growing up in El Salvador during that country’s civil war (1980 – 1992), including curfews, restrictions to electricity and water, access to medical care. Education and starting a career as a journalist/photographer. 2001 earthquake and decision to obtain temporary protective status, then legal residency, in the U.S.; continuing education and success as a journalist/photographer; career as a journalism professor at Brookhaven College; service with the Texas State Guard; perspective on immigration debates in the U.S.

About this Oral History

Physical Description 87 pp.
Terms of Use Open
Interviewer(s) Timothy A. Malone
Date of Interview October 30, 2012

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