Personal Narrative: My Interview With An Immigrant

The interviewee I chose to interview is my mom, Maria Hernandez. She is currently 41 years old, she immigrated to the U.S.A when she was 20 years old. She came from San Luis de La Paz, Guanajuato, Mexico. My mom immigrated on November 1997. The reason why I chose to interview my mom was because before interviewing her I knew that she emigrated when she was 20 years old, and due to my dad already living in the U.S.A at the time. Therefore, I wanted to know if she had an easier journey to the United States of America and if she felt safer traveling in the late 90´s. Also, it could have made the journey easier due to her already knowing where exactly to travel to since my dad already lived in the U.S.A at the time. Hernandez migrated to the U.S.A in November of 1997 and arrived a month later that same year. Some of the push factors that made her leave her own country was the poor economy and the a severe case of poverty. Due to these push factors, she left Mexico in order to prevent her family from being involved in poverty and help them financially, especially her mom. However, there are some pull factors,
¨The journey was not as bad as other people might have had, however, I did have a rough time while I was migrating¨, Hernandez stated. While interviewing her, she stated that throughout her journey she had experiences involving fear, nervousness, and anxiety, but one thing I noticed was that she stuttered a lot and she was fidgeting more than usual. She never told me what exactly happened, although, it did seem she did have a pretty rough journey migrating north to the United States. Over time, those emotions started to slowly disappear. By the time Hernandez got to the United States, she felt free and no longer had to worry about having those