Title	Interview with Luz Gomez
Interviewee	Gomez, Luz
Interviewer	Carter, David
Summary	David Carter (38) interviews spouse Luz Gomez (35) about her father, Carlos Ignacio Gomez Arriola, who died three years ago.
Content	00:58 Luz’s father left Columbia when he was 23 years old. He went first to Miami and then to Los Angeles. 10:46 Luz describes her father as a stay-at-home dad. He ran his own business from home, so he was in the house a lot. He got a degree from UCLA on the GI bill. 14:00 Carlos was social and gregarious. Luz remembers him visiting her in New York when they went to an underground salsa club. He talked to everyone. She remembers him trying to speak Portuguese when they went to Brazil together. 24:46 Luz’s father loved learning. He instilled in them that they should study, and that he would support them while they studied. Luz talks about how the children of immigrants always want to make their parents proud. 27:44 He was always very kind, sweet, and empathetic. She wishes her son could have met him. 32:27 Luz was a daddy’s girl, but her brothers were like his confidantes. Her brother Luciano became his primary care physician when they were older.
Note	Luz Gomez identifies as South American, Colombian/Peruvian, speaks Bilingual Spanish/English
Keyword	immigration stories family naming and nicknames family trips and excursions ethnicity appearance workday life marriage death anecdotes (humorous but true stories) personal experiences memories of growing up school day memories religious beliefs and practices neighborhood life urban life community businesses schools college changes in education achievements and awards grades graduation siblings parents grandparents spouse children extended family European fair white hair Colombian Peruvian Mexican Brazil Basque carpets export stay at home Cuban salsa club jokes stationary store Cal New York study support stay-at-home dad crossing self Mexican block New York City Miami carpet-laying business export business diesel parts GI Bill UCLA Cal New York proud reading
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	2010-01-17
Interview Location	Miami (Fla.)
Physical Description	1 streaming audio (38:14 min.)
Language	eng
Repository	University of Miami. Library. Cuban Heritage Collection
Collection Title	StoryCorps Historias
Collection No.	CHC5246
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Object ID	chc5246000068
Digital ID	chc52460000680001001
Kaltura Reference	chc52460000680001001
Interview No.	MBX006244
Type	Sound
Format	audio/mp3
Original Filename	MBX006244.WAV
Archive	video68.mp4

Interview with Luz Gomez

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