Title	Interview with Vanessa Brito
Interviewee	Brito, Vanessa
Interviewer	Sosa, Herb
Summary	Vanessa Brito, 26 and Herb Sosa, 45 talk about their work as LGBTQ advocates, about what motivates them and their role models.
Content	10:25 Vanessa talks about her spirituality and catholic background. She has read the Bible and taught catechism and does not believe there is any contradiction between her beliefs and her sexual orientation. 14:00 Herb describes his parents as a big influence in his life and source of encouragement, who made him believe that he could really grow up and become anything he wanted to. 23:52 Vanessa talks about her mother as her role mother, though she did not do much or was very proactive, she was there for her daughter, and that made a huge difference. 27:00 Vanessa remembers the first time she was recognized as a leader. She was in second grade and was incredibly embarrassed at being put on the spot in front of the whole cafeteria. 24:30 Herb talks about what motivated him to create Unity Coalition in 2002. Vanessa discusses what motivates her work in advocacy.
Note	Vanessa Brito identifies as European (Portuguese/Spanish), Portuguese/Spanish professional lesbian, speaks English; Herb Sosa identifies as Cuban, speaks Bilingual Spanish/English
Keyword	family characters ethnicity marriage divorce school day memories memories of growing up memories of former times Proposition eight California Miami Venezuela Portugal Spain Cuba leadership LGBTQ Miami Beach Unity Coalition Methodist Catholic role models same-sex marriage
Genre	Oral histories (document genres) sound recordings
Project Description	The interview was conducted as part of the StoryCorps Historias initiative, and this copy is housed at the Cuban Heritage Collection, University of Miami Libraries.
Creation Date	2010-01-27
Interview Location	Miami (Fla.)
Physical Description	1 streaming audio (41:36 min.)
Language	eng
Repository	University of Miami. Library. Cuban Heritage Collection
Collection Title	StoryCorps Historias
Collection No.	CHC5246
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Object ID	chc5246000112
Digital ID	chc52460001120001001
Kaltura Reference	chc52460001120001001
Interview No.	MBX006288
Type	Sound
Format	audio/mp3
Original Filename	MBX006288.WAV
Archive	video112.mp4

Interview with Vanessa Brito

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