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Ruben Lemos was born in Edinburg, Texas, to a large Mexican American migrant farmworking family that traveled across the western United States harvesting crops throughout the 1950s and early 1960s. After serving in the U.S. Army during the Vietnam…

Nathaly Mendoza Posada was born in Silao, Guanajuato, Mexico, and immigrated to the United States at the age of nine, settling in Pasco, Washington, with her mother and grandmother. Her grandmother, a single mother of six, had first migrated to the…

Artemio Benítez Solano was born and raised in a small rural town in Mexico, where from an early age he dreamed of coming to the United States to work in agriculture. At sixteen, with his father’s reluctant permission, he left home with little more…

Lucy Aragon discusses migration to the United States, work, and raising her daughter Sharlett. Sharlett discusses growing up in Pasco and her work as a Washington State Representative and as a first person to attend college in her family. Watch the…

Reuben Peralta and his family immigrated to the United States from a small village in Colima, Mexico, in 1978. They initially lived in Tijuana before moving to the Tri-Cities. The Peralta family's experience highlights the challenges faced by many…

Jerry Martinez, a first-generation American, shares his family's journey from El Salvador to the United States. His parents fled the civil war in El Salvador and eventually made way to the U.S. through Mexico. Jerry was born and raised in the…

Manuel Estrada discusses his journey from Mexico to the Tri-Cities starting in 1977, his work in agriculture, and experiences incurred during the immigration process.
Alexia Estrada discusses growing up in the Tri-Cities, experiences in a diverse…