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Hello, today is Wednesday, April 17th, 2024. My name is Olivia Garcia. I am interviewing Dr. Bonar Hernández Sandoval for the USLS 377x class, Latina/o/x Life Stories: Memoirs and Oral Histories at Iowa State University. Please know, Dr. Hernández Sandoval, that this recorded interview will be placed in the Iowa State University Parks Library, and it may be made available online via YouTube or a similar platform.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://iastate.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2981/collection_resources/135079/file/250071#t=0.0,33.0"},{"id":"https://iastate.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2981/collection_resources/135079/file/250071/transcript/70052/annotation/3","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"If there is anything you do not wish to answer or talk about, especially given that your recording may appear online, I will honor your wishes. Also, if there is something you want to talk about, please bring it up and we will talk about it. Because we are conducting this interview in person, I need to record you consenting, so I'll ask you a series of four questions.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://iastate.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2981/collection_resources/135079/file/250071#t=33.0,49.0"},{"id":"https://iastate.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2981/collection_resources/135079/file/250071/transcript/70052/annotation/4","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Please say yes, I agree, or no, I do not agree after each one. USLS 377x class wishes to archive your interview along with any other photographs and other documentation","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://iastate.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2981/collection_resources/135079/file/250071#t=49.0,60.0"},{"id":"https://iastate.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2981/collection_resources/135079/file/250071/transcript/70052/annotation/5","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"at the Parks Library at Iowa State University. We will retain copyright of the interview and any other materials you donate to the USLS 377X class.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://iastate.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2981/collection_resources/135079/file/250071#t=60.0,68.0"},{"id":"https://iastate.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2981/collection_resources/135079/file/250071/transcript/70052/annotation/6","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Do you give USLS 377X class consent to archive your interview and your materials at Parks Library? \r\nBonar Hernández Sandoval: Yes. \r\nOlivia Garcia: Do you grant USLS 377X class copyright over the interview and any materials you provide? \r\nBonar Hernández Sandoval: Yes. \r\nOlivia Garcia: Do you agree to allow us to post the interview on the internet where it may be viewed by people around the world?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://iastate.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2981/collection_resources/135079/file/250071#t=68.0,85.0"},{"id":"https://iastate.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2981/collection_resources/135079/file/250071/transcript/70052/annotation/7","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Bonar Hernández Sandoval: Yes. \r\nOlivia Garcia: On occasion, USLS 377X class receives requests from journalists who wish to contact our interview subjects. We only deal with legitimate news outlets. Do you give consent for us to share your phone number or email with journalists? \r\nBonar Hernández Sandoval: Yes. \r\nOlivia Garcia: Okay. Okay, we can get started! Um, so the first question that I wanted to ask you is, can you share with me a little bit about your journey immigrating to the United States?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://iastate.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2981/collection_resources/135079/file/250071#t=85.0,110.0"},{"id":"https://iastate.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2981/collection_resources/135079/file/250071/transcript/70052/annotation/8","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Bonar Hernández Sandoval: Well, thank you. Thank you, eh, for the opportunity to, to share my story and to contribute to, to, to this project. Eh, so as","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://iastate.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2981/collection_resources/135079/file/250071#t=110.0,120.0"},{"id":"https://iastate.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2981/collection_resources/135079/file/250071/transcript/70052/annotation/9","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"you said, uh, in the introduction, my name is Bonar Hernández Sandoval. I was born in Guatemala and I have been living in the United States for over 30 years. I've, um, I came to the United States as a teenager.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://iastate.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2981/collection_resources/135079/file/250071#t=120.0,137.0"},{"id":"https://iastate.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2981/collection_resources/135079/file/250071/transcript/70052/annotation/10","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"I belong to, to a generation of immigrants from Latin America and other parts of the world. Immigrants to the United States who have come to the United States as, uh, as young people. Ehm, so, in my case I came when I was going to start high school, and part of that journey involved, obviously, changing countries, but also changing, eh, or arriving to a different, eh, educational context, a different, kind of, kind of social setting.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://iastate.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2981/collection_resources/135079/file/250071#t=137.0,173.0"},{"id":"https://iastate.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2981/collection_resources/135079/file/250071/transcript/70052/annotation/11","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Uh, I arrived with my, with my mother and my, my sister, ehm, to the","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://iastate.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2981/collection_resources/135079/file/250071#t=173.0,180.0"},{"id":"https://iastate.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2981/collection_resources/135079/file/250071/transcript/70052/annotation/12","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"San Francisco Bay Area, eh, where my father had been living for, for a number of years already. And so for me, ehm, the, the change, uh, in terms of the, um, the journey that I went through was shaped first by the fact that I was with my family, eh, which was very important because, uh, sort the immigrant experience, for many people, for I think for everyone, it, eh, involves a lot of changes and if you have your family away, that can be very challenging. Ehm, so I arrived with, eh, in the context of, um, of a family setting that was very supportive. Ehm, the change for me, the significant, kind of most significant change and part of the central component of the journey that I went through had to do with, uh, language.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://iastate.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2981/collection_resources/135079/file/250071#t=180.0,234.0"},{"id":"https://iastate.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2981/collection_resources/135079/file/250071/transcript/70052/annotation/13","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"I didn't know any English when I arrived. Eh, I remember my first day of high school,","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://iastate.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2981/collection_resources/135079/file/250071#t=234.0,240.0"},{"id":"https://iastate.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2981/collection_resources/135079/file/250071/transcript/70052/annotation/14","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"not knowing anyone. Starting high school, it's a, it's a, it's a, can be a challenging experience for, for, for young people to begin with. And for me, it was that, that I was going to a new school, but, but also I didn't know, I didn't know the, the language. And so it took me a while to start figuring out what was going on.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://iastate.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2981/collection_resources/135079/file/250071#t=240.0,268.0"},{"id":"https://iastate.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2981/collection_resources/135079/file/250071/transcript/70052/annotation/15","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"I was, ehm, when I went to high school, this was just a high school that's located just south of San Francisco, in Daly City. Ehm, there I was in English as a Second Language courses. Eh, to begin with and there, eh, I was able to kind of navigate a little bit and kind of, uh, find out more about the school and find out more about U.S. culture through classmates who knew a little bit of English","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://iastate.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2981/collection_resources/135079/file/250071#t=268.0,300.0"},{"id":"https://iastate.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2981/collection_resources/135079/file/250071/transcript/70052/annotation/16","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"already. Ehm, but, but it took me a while to start kind of figuring out, eh, understanding people and figuring out what was, what was going on. Um, and obviously the, the other, eh, so language was, eh, one, eh, key part of my experience, eh, sort of, ehm, living in the United States for the first few years, but also the other, the other issue was that, eh, just as I've, um, started high school, the first few years in California, there was this context of, um, ehm, anti-immigrant sentiment. Um, Proposition 187, ehm, eh, was in the news. And as I started learning English and understanding, I started to, to, to, to learn that there was this proposition, uh, that will essentially, ehm, ehm, deny,","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://iastate.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2981/collection_resources/135079/file/250071#t=300.0,360.0"},{"id":"https://iastate.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2981/collection_resources/135079/file/250071/transcript/70052/annotation/17","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"eh, social services to a lot of, eh, immigrants who did not have any, ehm, documentation to be in the United States.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://iastate.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2981/collection_resources/135079/file/250071#t=360.0,370.0"},{"id":"https://iastate.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2981/collection_resources/135079/file/250071/transcript/70052/annotation/18","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"But together with that, there was this kind of broader anti-immigrant sentiment. And so, I remember my first few years living in California were, ehm, were very good years because I was young, I was learning new things, I was learning a new language, but also, they were shaped by this context, um, where I felt that, um, immigrants like me were not, were not, always welcomed by everyone. There were a lot of supportive people, a lot of people, you know, that, uh, that, eh, that helped me along the way, but, but, eh, that context was something, something that I never forgot and I carry with me, eh, wherever, whenever, wherever I, I go and, and I,","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://iastate.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2981/collection_resources/135079/file/250071#t=370.0,420.0"},{"id":"https://iastate.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2981/collection_resources/135079/file/250071/transcript/70052/annotation/19","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"I, I, I still remember that, eh, ehm.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://iastate.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2981/collection_resources/135079/file/250071#t=420.0,425.0"},{"id":"https://iastate.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2981/collection_resources/135079/file/250071/transcript/70052/annotation/20","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"And in the different places that I've lived in the United States, so, so I can, I can, I can continue a little bit later with my immigrant experience, but I think that those are two components of what I've lived through as a young person at least. \r\nOlivia Garcia: Okay. Um, so you mentioned having your supportive family was really important to you and also like, um, understanding the culture of California and the U. S. at that time, even despite having like anti-immigrant sentiments, um, so I presume a big part of, um, your, you know, journey to the United States and also like remaining here is maintaining connection to your Guatemalan roots. Um, how do you, how do you do that, um, especially now living in Iowa and why is it important for you to do so?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://iastate.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2981/collection_resources/135079/file/250071#t=425.0,479.0"},{"id":"https://iastate.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2981/collection_resources/135079/file/250071/transcript/70052/annotation/21","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Bonar Hernández Sandoval: Well, the how, how, uh, I think it starts with, uh, the reason why, um, my father and other relatives, um, um, arrived to the United States. This was in the 1970s and 1980s, when in Guatemala, as in other parts of Central America, there were, um, there was a lot of, uh, political instability, a lot of violence, political violence, repression.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://iastate.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2981/collection_resources/135079/file/250071#t=479.0,508.0"},{"id":"https://iastate.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2981/collection_resources/135079/file/250071/transcript/70052/annotation/22","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"That was because Guatemala like El Salvador. Um, eh, but there was a trend throughout the region about that had to do with, ehm, ehm, instability. Uh, Guatemala was going through a civil war, a very violent, bloody civil war in the 1970s. Uh, the Civil War started in 1960 and ended in 1996. So in the 1970s there was this, um, context of, uh, instability and repression and","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://iastate.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2981/collection_resources/135079/file/250071#t=508.0,540.0"},{"id":"https://iastate.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2981/collection_resources/135079/file/250071/transcript/70052/annotation/23","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"basically, uh, as there some military governments that were empowered in Guatemala that were, ehm, fighting against, um, a number of, uh, eh, revolutionary groups that wanted to take over. Uh, but they were also, ehm, eh, there was also a lot of, eh, the military government, uh, not only wanted to get rid of the revolutionary movements, but also targeted a lot of, uh, reform is kind of middle of the road, uh, labor activists, eh, social activists in general.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://iastate.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2981/collection_resources/135079/file/250071#t=540.0,574.0"},{"id":"https://iastate.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2981/collection_resources/135079/file/250071/transcript/70052/annotation/24","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Um, and out of that, there was a lot of repression against the population, um, ehm, to the extent that during the civil war, approximately 200, 000 people, eh, died, eh, that's the documentation that we have, perhaps it's a little bit more, perhaps a little bit less, but about 200,000 people. Uh, that meant that there was a lot of instability. That meant that the","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://iastate.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2981/collection_resources/135079/file/250071#t=574.0,600.0"},{"id":"https://iastate.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2981/collection_resources/135079/file/250071/transcript/70052/annotation/25","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"instability was also economic, um, so a lot of people like my relatives ended up leaving, my father leaving the country because of the economic instability. Eh, there were no jobs, no for a lot of people, especially young people that had, like my father who was very young at the time, he was in his early thirties when he left Guatemala.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://iastate.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2981/collection_resources/135079/file/250071#t=600.0,622.0"},{"id":"https://iastate.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2981/collection_resources/135079/file/250071/transcript/70052/annotation/26","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"So he came to the United States and he was, just like I belong to this generation of kind of young people that are, that kind of, eh, grew up in, in, in Central America in part, but also grew up in the United States. My father is part of this generation who, who, uh, who, ehm, gave the most productive, uh, lives, uh, years of his life, uh, to working here in the United States.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://iastate.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2981/collection_resources/135079/file/250071#t=622.0,653.0"},{"id":"https://iastate.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2981/collection_resources/135079/file/250071/transcript/70052/annotation/27","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Um, and so, ehm, when I grew up in, in, so a lot of, a","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://iastate.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2981/collection_resources/135079/file/250071#t=653.0,660.0"},{"id":"https://iastate.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2981/collection_resources/135079/file/250071/transcript/70052/annotation/28","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"lot of things happened between when he arrived and when my mom, my sister and I arrived to, to be with him in the United States. Ehm, and a lot of things also happened between the time when I arrived to the United States, when I started to, to realize that I needed to be, to, to stay connected with my country.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://iastate.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2981/collection_resources/135079/file/250071#t=660.0,680.0"},{"id":"https://iastate.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2981/collection_resources/135079/file/250071/transcript/70052/annotation/29","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"But. What I eventually realized when I was a little bit older, and this is when I was in my 20s, and when I was in graduate school, that, ehm, that it was important for me to, to stay connected with Guatemala. It was important to, to stay connected because I didn't want to, um, to forget that, context, that, uh, political, economic context, that context of, um, of, uh, disruption that happens among, among many immigrant families, that they are separated.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://iastate.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2981/collection_resources/135079/file/250071#t=680.0,716.0"},{"id":"https://iastate.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2981/collection_resources/135079/file/250071/transcript/70052/annotation/30","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"I didn't want to forget why my father came","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://iastate.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2981/collection_resources/135079/file/250071#t=716.0,720.0"},{"id":"https://iastate.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2981/collection_resources/135079/file/250071/transcript/70052/annotation/31","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"to the United States, and sort of the, how that affected, uh, our family in the sense that, uh, we were away from him for a few years, for a number of years, ehm, and then we, uh, fortunately, we were able to, to be um, to, to be together, we were to, to reunite, uh, some years later, but I didn't want to forget that.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://iastate.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2981/collection_resources/135079/file/250071#t=720.0,744.0"},{"id":"https://iastate.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2981/collection_resources/135079/file/250071/transcript/70052/annotation/32","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Um, and so I've, um, I've, I discovered that, like in my case, the way to stay connected with, with, eh, Guatemala and with my culture, more generally from Latin America, is in my case, I am a historian. So, so for me, that's one way that, by studying Guatemalan history is that, eh, studying Guatemalan history allows me to, to stay connected not only with the history, but also with the culture.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://iastate.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2981/collection_resources/135079/file/250071#t=744.0,776.0"},{"id":"https://iastate.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2981/collection_resources/135079/file/250071/transcript/70052/annotation/33","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"And because I am a historian, I do archival research,","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://iastate.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2981/collection_resources/135079/file/250071#t=776.0,780.0"},{"id":"https://iastate.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2981/collection_resources/135079/file/250071/transcript/70052/annotation/34","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"mostly in Guatemala. And so, that requires that I go back to Guatemala. And so over the years, since I was in my twenties, I've been on this different journey of, kind of reconnecting, constantly reconnecting and, and going back and forth and, and so that has allowed me to, to stay connected and also has allowed me to, to, eh, to, ehm, keep remembering sort of that, that, that context that, the context that, uh, created the conditions for, for people like my father to leave the country, which is sort of the, the context that kind of shapes my, my understanding of many things, whether it's, has to do with politics, culture, you know, a context of like people leaving their home countries. 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Um, so you mentioned that, um, one way that you stay connected is by, um, learning and researching the history of Guatemala. Not all professors of history can say that they, you know, like, are that closely tied to the regions that they study or, um, kind","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://iastate.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2981/collection_resources/135079/file/250071#t=881.0,900.0"},{"id":"https://iastate.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2981/collection_resources/135079/file/250071/transcript/70052/annotation/37","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"of like their motivation for studying those countries or those historical events, et. cetera.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://iastate.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2981/collection_resources/135079/file/250071#t=900.0,905.0"},{"id":"https://iastate.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2981/collection_resources/135079/file/250071/transcript/70052/annotation/38","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"So how would you say that, um, would you say that you being a professor of the history of Guatemala, um, impacts the, like the experience of your students or how does that, um, impact how you teach and how you instruct others about like history and its meaning, I guess.\r\nBonar Hernández Sandoval: Well, um, uh, sometime ago at a different, different university where I work before coming to Iowa State, um, a colleague of mine invited me to give a presentation to, to his class and he wanted me to talk about Latin American history. So I said yes and so I gave the lecture and so at the end of the class, eh, I was talking with his colleague and he said, well, you are, oh yeah, you are one of those historians who,","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://iastate.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2981/collection_resources/135079/file/250071#t=905.0,960.0"},{"id":"https://iastate.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2981/collection_resources/135079/file/250071/transcript/70052/annotation/39","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"who, who, who study the culture where they come from.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://iastate.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2981/collection_resources/135079/file/250071#t=960.0,966.0"},{"id":"https://iastate.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2981/collection_resources/135079/file/250071/transcript/70052/annotation/40","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"And I didn't think too much about it, eh, but, um, but then I realized that, uh, for, eh, for, for, for good or, or for bad reasons, um, there is a perception that people like me who, who are very close to the culture that, uh, that I study, eh, so I am part of that culture that, ehm, ehm, I realized over the years that there are some people that believe that.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://iastate.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2981/collection_resources/135079/file/250071#t=966.0,994.0"},{"id":"https://iastate.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2981/collection_resources/135079/file/250071/transcript/70052/annotation/41","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"That somehow makes it, makes what I study, what I write about in terms of Guatemalan history, makes it, uh, eh, different or unique. I don't know if, uh, less valid or more valid, more authentic or less authentic. Ehm, that is to say that when I, when I, ehm, in my work, in my","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://iastate.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2981/collection_resources/135079/file/250071#t=994.0,1020.0"},{"id":"https://iastate.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2981/collection_resources/135079/file/250071/transcript/70052/annotation/42","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"research about Guatemalan history and the way that I try to, to teach that in the classroom, obviously I cannot separate my background from, from how I teach it, you know, the way that I sound.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://iastate.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2981/collection_resources/135079/file/250071#t=1020.0,1033.0"},{"id":"https://iastate.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2981/collection_resources/135079/file/250071/transcript/70052/annotation/43","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"It makes it clear to, to people that my, my, English was not my, it's not my, my first language. But also, some of the experiences that I share when I talk about Guatemala that I share in the classroom, are, are shaped by, are shaped by, my own experiences, kind of growing up in Guatemala and going back to Guatemala over the years.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://iastate.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2981/collection_resources/135079/file/250071#t=1033.0,1060.0"},{"id":"https://iastate.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2981/collection_resources/135079/file/250071/transcript/70052/annotation/44","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"So, eh, but, but at the same time I try to, and this is the way that I was trained as a historian, I was trained as a historian, you know, to, to study Guatemalan history, you know, there is a method, there is, um, or there is a methodology, ehm, there is a process of, uh,","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://iastate.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2981/collection_resources/135079/file/250071#t=1060.0,1080.0"},{"id":"https://iastate.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2981/collection_resources/135079/file/250071/transcript/70052/annotation/45","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"reading sources and doing that, uh, carefully, you know, I, so, so my training leads me to, to study Guatemalan history, I don't want to say from an objective, uh, point of view because I, I think, uh, when we study whatever we study, objectivity is not always possible. But I try to be as if we are going to use the word objective as objective as possible. Ehm, and, ehm, but at the same time, eh, I will say that, eh, so, so, that is to say that, ehm, I cannot separate my, my background from, from what I research and what I teach or how I teach the history of Latin America, the history of Guatemala.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://iastate.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2981/collection_resources/135079/file/250071#t=1080.0,1128.0"},{"id":"https://iastate.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2981/collection_resources/135079/file/250071/transcript/70052/annotation/46","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Ehm, at the same time, I, I try to be as serious and objective as possible because I want people to, to, you know, to, to, to, ehm.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://iastate.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2981/collection_resources/135079/file/250071#t=1128.0,1140.0"},{"id":"https://iastate.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2981/collection_resources/135079/file/250071/transcript/70052/annotation/47","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Ultimately, to make a decision about, uh, if we are, if I'm talking about Guatemalan history, to make a, make a, make their own decision about what they think about Guatemalan history. I want to treat the subject, whatever subject I, I study, as seriously as possible.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://iastate.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2981/collection_resources/135079/file/250071#t=1140.0,1158.0"},{"id":"https://iastate.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2981/collection_resources/135079/file/250071/transcript/70052/annotation/48","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Um, but one, one more thing that I would say is that, uh, Um, is that, uh, over the years, and this is, this has taken a little bit, a little bit of time on my part, over the years I've, um, I have tried to take off my, sort of, my scholarly, sort of, uh, professor “hat” a little bit, sometimes in the classroom, depending on the subject, um, and to try to be more personal, include more personal, more personal stories, but that, for someone like me who, eh, who, eh,","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://iastate.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2981/collection_resources/135079/file/250071#t=1158.0,1200.0"},{"id":"https://iastate.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2981/collection_resources/135079/file/250071/transcript/70052/annotation/49","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"who's, eh, I mean, I sound different, I look different, like especially in the context of Iowa in the classroom, there are very few professors like me who teach Latin American history or Latin American culture, you know, in the, in the state.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://iastate.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2981/collection_resources/135079/file/250071#t=1200.0,1215.0"},{"id":"https://iastate.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2981/collection_resources/135079/file/250071/transcript/70052/annotation/50","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Ehm, I try to be as kind of professional as possible because I want people to treat the subject as seriously as possible. But over the years I discovered that I can, I can, and perhaps that I should take off my, my scholarly professor kind of, uh, “hat” and, and try to be more personal, uh, so that students have a different kind of connection with the subject.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://iastate.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2981/collection_resources/135079/file/250071#t=1215.0,1243.0"},{"id":"https://iastate.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2981/collection_resources/135079/file/250071/transcript/70052/annotation/51","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Olivia Garcia: Do you think that, kind of taking off that professor hat and being able to share some more personal experiences has created, you know, different meaningful experiences or opportunities for your students being able to kind of see Latin American history from a different perspective.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://iastate.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2981/collection_resources/135079/file/250071#t=1243.0,1260.0"},{"id":"https://iastate.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2981/collection_resources/135079/file/250071/transcript/70052/annotation/52","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Bonar Hernández Sandoval: Eh, yes, I, um, uh, I believe that for some students that's the way that, uh, they can, they feel, they feel more connected with, uh, and not more connected, but more interested with, with Latin America.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://iastate.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2981/collection_resources/135079/file/250071#t=1260.0,1278.0"},{"id":"https://iastate.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2981/collection_resources/135079/file/250071/transcript/70052/annotation/53","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Um, um, and, and, and for some students, you know, the fact that I am, I am from Guatemala, I am Latino here in the United States, eh, and that I can speak the language, you know, that I, one thing that I try to do in my classes, not all the classes lend themselves to this, but to use, um, to pronounce words in Spanish, concepts in Spanish, as much as possible, and to, I mean, depending on the class, but to, um, to use a little bit of Spanish here and there.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://iastate.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2981/collection_resources/135079/file/250071#t=1278.0,1312.0"},{"id":"https://iastate.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2981/collection_resources/135079/file/250071/transcript/70052/annotation/54","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Um, when I do that, I feel that, uh, for some students, at least, the subject becomes more,","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://iastate.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2981/collection_resources/135079/file/250071#t=1312.0,1320.0"},{"id":"https://iastate.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2981/collection_resources/135079/file/250071/transcript/70052/annotation/55","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"ehm, more interesting. Ehm, they feel more interested about, about the subject. And I have had a few students, not, ehm, not all of them, and actually very few of them Latino, but, eh, who have told me that because of that, they have become more interested in the subject.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://iastate.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2981/collection_resources/135079/file/250071#t=1320.0,1341.0"},{"id":"https://iastate.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2981/collection_resources/135079/file/250071/transcript/70052/annotation/56","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"And a few students have done independent studies with me after the classes, the classes they have taken with me. And I think in part it's because I've, I, sometimes I do that, you know, I, I go beyond just, okay, this is the subject matter and we need to treat this seriously and, eh, and so, but it's a process, so it's something that I've, that I've, that I, we'll see what happens as, as demographics changing in the, in the state. We'll see if more students become interested in, in the subject.\r\nOlivia Garcia: Okay, thank you for sharing that.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://iastate.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2981/collection_resources/135079/file/250071#t=1341.0,1380.0"},{"id":"https://iastate.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2981/collection_resources/135079/file/250071/transcript/70052/annotation/57","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Um, so you mentioned that, um, the demographics in Iowa specifically are changing and that, um, you know, you've, since you've been in the U. S. have experienced, you know, anti-immigrant sentiment, and so I would understand how sometimes, you know, like taking that professor “hat” off and being vulnerable with kind of like, parts of your own experiences or trying to incorporate, you know, the language in the class, et cetera, um, can be difficult.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://iastate.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2981/collection_resources/135079/file/250071#t=1380.0,1406.0"},{"id":"https://iastate.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2981/collection_resources/135079/file/250071/transcript/70052/annotation/58","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Um, so if you wanted to share a little bit about how you are personally or even professionally impacted by the political and kind of cultural changes that have, you know, that are happening in Iowa, but it also happens since you've, um, situated yourself in Iowa. \r\nBonar Hernández Sandoval: Eh, well, ehm, I will say that, eh, eh, going back to what I said before in terms of sort of the anti-immigrant sentiment that I experienced and saw in California, ehm,","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://iastate.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2981/collection_resources/135079/file/250071#t=1406.0,1440.0"},{"id":"https://iastate.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2981/collection_resources/135079/file/250071/transcript/70052/annotation/59","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"when I was a teenager.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://iastate.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2981/collection_resources/135079/file/250071#t=1440.0,1443.0"},{"id":"https://iastate.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2981/collection_resources/135079/file/250071/transcript/70052/annotation/60","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Ehm, and of course, I didn't understand all the implications of what was going on at the time, but then when I grew older and actually moved out of California, I kind of understood what had been going on. Um, but that, that, um, experience has, eh, I mean, is in my mind, um, and it leads me to, to think that, um, to think it, uh, so.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://iastate.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2981/collection_resources/135079/file/250071#t=1443.0,1471.0"},{"id":"https://iastate.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2981/collection_resources/135079/file/250071/transcript/70052/annotation/61","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"To put this context of anti-immigration in the context of changing demographics in the United States, to think, to think about it in the long term. So yes, in Iowa today, there are challenges because there is, you know, there is a context that is, eh, eh, there is a political climate that is, eh, eh, not favorable to, to people, um, I mean, eh, to people who","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://iastate.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2981/collection_resources/135079/file/250071#t=1471.0,1500.0"},{"id":"https://iastate.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2981/collection_resources/135079/file/250071/transcript/70052/annotation/62","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"are, have come to Iowa to, to make a living, you know, who come from other countries.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://iastate.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2981/collection_resources/135079/file/250071#t=1500.0,1506.0"},{"id":"https://iastate.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2981/collection_resources/135079/file/250071/transcript/70052/annotation/63","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Um, in, in my case, uh, I mean, I, I, I, I, I realized I am very privileged because I am a professor, ehm, eh, here at the university, you know, I, I, um, I, I was very fortunate to have sort of uh, a college education, to go to graduate school, to go, I went, I mean, I went to one of the top programs for Latin American history in the United States.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://iastate.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2981/collection_resources/135079/file/250071#t=1506.0,1537.0"},{"id":"https://iastate.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2981/collection_resources/135079/file/250071/transcript/70052/annotation/64","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"So I am, I did that because I had the support of my family, the support of many mentors, you know, it's, it was not, not only, it was not, uh, um, I did it with the support of many people. 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I, I, at the same time, I, I tend to look at this, I like to think, to look at these things in the long term, because I've experienced this already. When I was younger, I saw this type of political climate in a different context in California, of course, in a different, different time period.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://iastate.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2981/collection_resources/135079/file/250071#t=1578.0,1606.0"},{"id":"https://iastate.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2981/collection_resources/135079/file/250071/transcript/70052/annotation/67","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Um, this was, uh, what, about 30 years ago. Um, so, so that leads me, kind of, kind of thinking on the long term, leads me to, to see things, uh, from, um,","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://iastate.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2981/collection_resources/135079/file/250071#t=1606.0,1620.0"},{"id":"https://iastate.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2981/collection_resources/135079/file/250071/transcript/70052/annotation/68","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"an optimistic point of view. That, uh, the reality in the, in Iowa and other parts of the United States is that, that, uh, from my perspective as someone who studies history, and someone who, who, who comes from Latin America, uh, and has seen demographic changes in California, in Texas, where I went to graduate school, the University of Texas at Austin.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://iastate.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2981/collection_resources/135079/file/250071#t=1620.0,1647.0"},{"id":"https://iastate.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2981/collection_resources/135079/file/250071/transcript/70052/annotation/69","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Then I, I worked as a professor in, in Pennsylvania for a few years. So looking at kind of living in those places, uh, in, from my background as a historian, my training as a historian, I like to see things I, I, I've, I, I see things from, from an optimistic point of view, that demographic changes are here to stay, and the issue is going to be, and the challenge and the opportunity is going to be how, ehm, in the","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://iastate.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2981/collection_resources/135079/file/250071#t=1647.0,1680.0"},{"id":"https://iastate.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2981/collection_resources/135079/file/250071/transcript/70052/annotation/70","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"United States and states like Iowa, how they, in the long term, how they, eh, evolve, you know, eh, what are going to be the, the opportunities.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://iastate.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2981/collection_resources/135079/file/250071#t=1680.0,1693.0"},{"id":"https://iastate.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2981/collection_resources/135079/file/250071/transcript/70052/annotation/71","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"The, um, the opportunities that, eh, that are going to exist for, for people who come from other parts of the world. But I, I, I like to, to see things, eh, optimistically as opposed to saying, okay, this is, oh, it's not, it's not good, but, but my hope is that things are going to improve. \r\nOlivia Garcia: Great. Um, so with that, the demographic change and like sort of those, optimistic improvements in mind, um, how do you um, find like it's important or valuable to continue to connect with the Latino community in Iowa. 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Yeah, well, that's a, that's a, that's a good question. Thank you for asking because I, I, I do think, eh, going back to this point about, eh, being optimistic about the future. About the present and about the future. Ehm, there is, uh, there are opportunities for and actually, ehm, responsibilities I think for people like me who, who are in certain positions that we can not necessarily change things, but we can kind of create, help create conditions for other people in the future to, to implement more substantial changes.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://iastate.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2981/collection_resources/135079/file/250071#t=1744.0,1788.0"},{"id":"https://iastate.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2981/collection_resources/135079/file/250071/transcript/70052/annotation/74","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"So there is an opportunity and responsibility for people like me who, who can do that to help create a context where people from all walks of life can be, can be, can feel","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://iastate.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2981/collection_resources/135079/file/250071#t=1788.0,1800.0"},{"id":"https://iastate.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2981/collection_resources/135079/file/250071/transcript/70052/annotation/75","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"welcome in a university setting and that's kind of my setting. So, um, I have been working as a faculty fellow for Latino Student Success, ehm, since, uh, ehm, the beginning of 2000-, uh, 2023, uh, uh, just over, uh, a year ago.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://iastate.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2981/collection_resources/135079/file/250071#t=1800.0,1822.0"},{"id":"https://iastate.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2981/collection_resources/135079/file/250071/transcript/70052/annotation/76","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"I started in this position here at the university and my, my hope and my, sort of optimistic kind of, eh, ehm, a goal in this serving in this position has been to, uh, contribute - first to, um, kind of create, help create, and it's not only me who, who is doing this, there are other people who have done it and who are doing it, but it helped create a consciousness about, about the, the impact of the demographic changes, the growing Latino population, especially the young Latino population in the state, eh, eh, what is going to be their role, their place in the universities here? And moving forward, what is going to be the role, their place in society as a whole in the state of Iowa?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://iastate.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2981/collection_resources/135079/file/250071#t=1822.0,1882.0"},{"id":"https://iastate.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2981/collection_resources/135079/file/250071/transcript/70052/annotation/77","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"So, the way that I can do that in my position or help create that is kind of to, to, to create sort of these contexts that, uh, that, eh, that benefits, you know, everyone, but also the Latino population, Latino students, the way that I can do that is by helping create consciousness about, about the needs, issues that Latino students face and also help create, ehm, be it","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://iastate.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2981/collection_resources/135079/file/250071#t=1882.0,1920.0"},{"id":"https://iastate.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2981/collection_resources/135079/file/250071/transcript/70052/annotation/78","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"programs initiatives, but an infrastructure so that Latino students, but all, all, all students, you know, can feel, all students who are first generations, uh, college students who come from underrepresented backgrounds, ehm, who do not have the financial means to attend the university, eh, and this obviously includes Latino students, eh, help create, the infrastructure so that those students can succeed. 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How do we support organizations, groups that foster a sense of community for that benefit, Latino students and others? How do we support students financially? You know, and there are, there is a whole, uh, different dimension and topic I think that's very complicated.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://iastate.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2981/collection_resources/135079/file/250071#t=1990.0,2021.0"},{"id":"https://iastate.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2981/collection_resources/135079/file/250071/transcript/70052/annotation/82","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"But, ehm. But that's how I see ehm, ehm, my role sort of contributing to something that is more optimistic about the future. So, so, but it's, it's, this kind of requires a lot of work, it requires a lot of","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://iastate.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2981/collection_resources/135079/file/250071#t=2021.0,2040.0"},{"id":"https://iastate.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2981/collection_resources/135079/file/250071/transcript/70052/annotation/83","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"patience. Um, but it is important to, to, to keep in mind that, eh, universities like Iowa State University, they have this great opportunities to, I mean, and this is going to be in the long term, I think. But this opportunity to, to be this, eh, places of innovation, eh, places where many cultures come together, eh, they have this great opportunity because of the demographic changes. This is sort of the, if we look at it, you look at the situation in Iowa differently from what we tend to think about it, ehm this is sort of the beginning. This can be the beginning of something, something that, that can be, that can be, beneficial for, for the university, but also for the state. Because as people from other countries come, other places come to, to Iowa, they bring energy, they bring resources every day they work, you know, it's, it's, uh, people move to Iowa because there are job opportunities, a lot of people do.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://iastate.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2981/collection_resources/135079/file/250071#t=2040.0,2110.0"},{"id":"https://iastate.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2981/collection_resources/135079/file/250071/transcript/70052/annotation/84","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"But, uh, so, so for a state like Iowa, you know, that has its own demographic kind of issues, you know, with the aging population there is, there is a lot of untapped potential there. Yeah. \r\nOlivia Garcia: Thank you. Okay. Do you, do you feel that the same kind of like consciousness, um, and awareness about changing demographics and kind of like how different, um, marginalized or underrepresented student populations, do you think that, do you feel that that existed during your time going through like graduate school or, um, you know, your kind of educational process before getting to Iowa?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://iastate.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2981/collection_resources/135079/file/250071#t=2110.0,2155.0"},{"id":"https://iastate.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2981/collection_resources/135079/file/250071/transcript/70052/annotation/85","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Or do you like, do you want to create that now? Because, you know, you didn't experience that or.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://iastate.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2981/collection_resources/135079/file/250071#t=2155.0,2160.0"},{"id":"https://iastate.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2981/collection_resources/135079/file/250071/transcript/70052/annotation/86","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Bonar Hernández Sandoval: Yes, I would like, that's, that's an excellent question. Yeah. Yeah. That's, that's, uh, in some ways that's in some ways the case, you know, I've, I felt, ehm, maybe, maybe the exception was in California where there was already in 1990s, a large Latino, Hispanic population.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://iastate.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2981/collection_resources/135079/file/250071#t=2160.0,2182.0"},{"id":"https://iastate.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2981/collection_resources/135079/file/250071/transcript/70052/annotation/87","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"And that was also the case in Texas, you know, when I was in Texas in the early 2000s. Um, but at least in the settings where I was, eh, in graduate school, and then when I started my career as a professor in Pennsylvania. Ehm, and even here, you know, as a professor. Ehm, I, I felt that I'm, um, in many cases I am the only one who looks like me, you know, who sounds like me.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://iastate.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2981/collection_resources/135079/file/250071#t=2182.0,2217.0"},{"id":"https://iastate.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2981/collection_resources/135079/file/250071/transcript/70052/annotation/88","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"And, and so, sometimes it can be","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://iastate.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2981/collection_resources/135079/file/250071#t=2217.0,2220.0"},{"id":"https://iastate.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2981/collection_resources/135079/file/250071/transcript/70052/annotation/89","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"a challenge to, to get my voice through a discussion because of that. Because I, you know, all of us have unique, different experiences and perspectives and points of view. Eh, but my perspective tends to kind of be shaped by sort of the immigrant experience by the fact that I was a first-generation college student, eh, in, in graduate school.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://iastate.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2981/collection_resources/135079/file/250071#t=2220.0,2249.0"},{"id":"https://iastate.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2981/collection_resources/135079/file/250071/transcript/70052/annotation/90","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"You know, I, I didn't feel connected all the time to, to the different kind of, kind of communities of students that existed in that, that, that, uh, I was part of it in some ways, but I didn't feel always connected. And so, yeah, uh, in some ways, I want to do something here, eh, something that I haven't encountered in the past, at least in, at the university level,","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://iastate.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2981/collection_resources/135079/file/250071#t=2249.0,2280.0"},{"id":"https://iastate.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2981/collection_resources/135079/file/250071/transcript/70052/annotation/91","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"um, eh, that is, eh, ehm, sort of creates sort of conditions people like me, you know, they feel welcome and connected with resources, with people.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://iastate.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2981/collection_resources/135079/file/250071#t=2280.0,2295.0"},{"id":"https://iastate.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2981/collection_resources/135079/file/250071/transcript/70052/annotation/92","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"In my, in my case, you know, I, like I said that I was very fortunate to have people who supported me throughout my educational journey. And, and oftentimes it was because there were structures. But oftentimes it was because there were professors, you know, who, who, you know, who took the, took the extra time, you know, to, to ask me to go to their office hours. I had a professor who, who, ehm, who told me a couple of times, you know, “You need to apply to this program.” And I didn't want to do it because I thought I didn't think that I, that I could, I could be accepted. 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It was a pre-doctoral program in California, which is sort of the start of my journey to graduate school. But, eh, but those, those, um, opportunities that I had were in some ways because, or in many ways because, there were people, in this case professors, who took the extra time, you know, to, to insist, you know, to insist that I take advantage of opportunities.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://iastate.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2981/collection_resources/135079/file/250071#t=2346.0,2382.0"},{"id":"https://iastate.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2981/collection_resources/135079/file/250071/transcript/70052/annotation/95","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"But overall, sometimes I, I felt that in my, my journey as a, as a student, as an undergraduate student, as a graduate student and then a professor, that, ehm, some of the resources and, the, the setting, eh, eh,","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://iastate.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2981/collection_resources/135079/file/250071#t=2382.0,2400.0"},{"id":"https://iastate.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2981/collection_resources/135079/file/250071/transcript/70052/annotation/96","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"has been a setting, ehm, ehm, educational setting has been a setting that I have, have to, to figure out, you know, how I can function in this setting.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://iastate.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2981/collection_resources/135079/file/250071#t=2400.0,2417.0"},{"id":"https://iastate.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2981/collection_resources/135079/file/250071/transcript/70052/annotation/97","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"It has, rather than being, okay, this is a setting where I feel welcome from the beginning, it has been constantly I need to figure out where I, where do I fit, you know. Because, uh, I'll, uh, immediately, I may not feel connected, I may not feel welcome. So I need to figure out, okay, I need to figure out, uh, I need to ask questions because I don't know, I don't know all the time what is going on and how, how I can contribute to this.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://iastate.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2981/collection_resources/135079/file/250071#t=2417.0,2444.0"},{"id":"https://iastate.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2981/collection_resources/135079/file/250071/transcript/70052/annotation/98","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"So my hope is that, that I can do something, something like that for, for students in the future that where they, they feel, okay, this is the place where I belong, you know, I, I see, you know, I see. I see a professor that looks","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://iastate.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2981/collection_resources/135079/file/250071#t=2444.0,2460.0"},{"id":"https://iastate.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2981/collection_resources/135079/file/250071/transcript/70052/annotation/99","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"like me, I see a staff member that looks like me, or at least that, that, they understand part of the things that I'm going through, as opposed to trying to explain because you cannot, you feel, you, you feel that people will not understand, you don't say anything.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://iastate.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2981/collection_resources/135079/file/250071#t=2460.0,2479.0"},{"id":"https://iastate.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2981/collection_resources/135079/file/250071/transcript/70052/annotation/100","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"So that's my hope, yeah.\r\nOlivia Garcia: That's great. Um, lastly, as we kind of wrap up the, um, oral history, um, so what do you hope is the impact of your work even beyond, um, your time as a professor, um, when students, you know, might not be able to directly interact with you as their professor or as a faculty at the university?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://iastate.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2981/collection_resources/135079/file/250071#t=2479.0,2504.0"},{"id":"https://iastate.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2981/collection_resources/135079/file/250071/transcript/70052/annotation/101","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"How do you, what do you hope the impact is of your work and even for, um, you know, individuals like your son who they might, he might not experience you being his professor, but he will experience, you know, being, um, the son of immigrants and kind of","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://iastate.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2981/collection_resources/135079/file/250071#t=2504.0,2520.0"},{"id":"https://iastate.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2981/collection_resources/135079/file/250071/transcript/70052/annotation/102","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"entering, um, the Ames school system here soon. What do you hope the impact of your work is beyond your teaching?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://iastate.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2981/collection_resources/135079/file/250071#t=2520.0,2526.0"},{"id":"https://iastate.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2981/collection_resources/135079/file/250071/transcript/70052/annotation/103","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Bonar Hernández Sandoval: Well, uh, yeah, you mentioned my son. Yeah, my son, uh, I think about my son, uh, when I think about this question, because I, now I get that I get a little bit older, I start thinking, I'm a father, I start thinking about kind of these issues a little bit more. Ehm, my hope is that, um, that, I mean, uh, I want to be someone who, who advances the field of Latin American history, Guatemalan history here in the United States.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://iastate.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2981/collection_resources/135079/file/250071#t=2526.0,2561.0"},{"id":"https://iastate.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2981/collection_resources/135079/file/250071/transcript/70052/annotation/104","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Uh, and someone who, who does it from, from the lenses of, of, um, of the immigrant experience. Like, my, my topics tend to be sort of transnational in, in, in nature. I, I","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://iastate.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2981/collection_resources/135079/file/250071#t=2561.0,2580.0"},{"id":"https://iastate.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2981/collection_resources/135079/file/250071/transcript/70052/annotation/105","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"like transnational topics, topics that are more global in nature. And that's because, you know, I went through this journey, you know, coming from one country, from Guatemala to the United States and going back. And sort of, uh, traveling to different places, you know, uh, that, that's, that's my, that's, that's one, one thing that I think people will kind of, um, when they see my, my body of work, someone who, you know, who did a lot of work on Guatemalan history in the United States.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://iastate.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2981/collection_resources/135079/file/250071#t=2580.0,2614.0"},{"id":"https://iastate.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2981/collection_resources/135079/file/250071/transcript/70052/annotation/106","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Eh, but also, ehm, my hope and, and this is sort of a, I say this, ehm, in a, in a humble way that my hope is that people see, uh, stu-, young people, uh, like my son, ehm, see myself as a role model of, of the things that,","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://iastate.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2981/collection_resources/135079/file/250071#t=2614.0,2640.0"},{"id":"https://iastate.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2981/collection_resources/135079/file/250071/transcript/70052/annotation/107","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"that are possible. But that the beginning of things that can happen, you know, like I've, I've, I think like for me, um I feel very fortunate, you know, the position that I am in, but I do think that, uh, for, it should be like this for, for everyone, eh, including my son, that the sky should be the limit, you know? And so hope that they see people like me, professors like me, other professors who are here at the university, who are also Latinos, who come from underrepresented backgrounds.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://iastate.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2981/collection_resources/135079/file/250071#t=2640.0,2677.0"},{"id":"https://iastate.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2981/collection_resources/135079/file/250071/transcript/70052/annotation/108","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"They see us as role models who, who they can see, okay, if I see that person there, and I can be, I can be like that person or I can, I can be, you know, I can reach even a higher, kind of a higher position. You know, I can be, I can be sort of, uh,","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://iastate.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2981/collection_resources/135079/file/250071#t=2677.0,2700.0"},{"id":"https://iastate.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2981/collection_resources/135079/file/250071/transcript/70052/annotation/109","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"I can go to the, to, to the, to the moon, you know?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://iastate.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2981/collection_resources/135079/file/250071#t=2700.0,2706.0"},{"id":"https://iastate.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2981/collection_resources/135079/file/250071/transcript/70052/annotation/110","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"So that's, that's, eh, that's eh, that's my hope because at the end of the day, this is this, that's, that's why I am here. You know, I, I saw a, I had a professor, ehm, in college who, who is from Mexico, and when I saw him, you know, I said, “Wow, he's from Mexico and he's a professor. I would like to be like him.”","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://iastate.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2981/collection_resources/135079/file/250071#t=2706.0,2732.0"},{"id":"https://iastate.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2981/collection_resources/135079/file/250071/transcript/70052/annotation/111","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"And over the years, you know, that I, I, I thought about that, you know, that, it was, yes, I was a young person and I, I was very idealistic and I wanted to be a professor. But the fact that I saw him there, you know, allows me to, to see myself in, in front of the classroom. And my hope is that other students can take something from that, you know, because there is, there is, uh, there is,","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://iastate.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2981/collection_resources/135079/file/250071#t=2732.0,2760.0"},{"id":"https://iastate.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2981/collection_resources/135079/file/250071/transcript/70052/annotation/112","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"uh, there is a lot of value in having representation.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://iastate.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2981/collection_resources/135079/file/250071#t=2760.0,2763.0"},{"id":"https://iastate.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2981/collection_resources/135079/file/250071/transcript/70052/annotation/113","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"I think that the end of the day, that's what I want to say, you know, in a long convoluted way, that's what I want to say, that representation is very important. You know, it's been important because, because of the current political context, eh, climate, but also representation is important because if there is representation, people see thhselves in places of influence, and that, that benefits everyone, no?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://iastate.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2981/collection_resources/135079/file/250071#t=2763.0,2793.0"},{"id":"https://iastate.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2981/collection_resources/135079/file/250071/transcript/70052/annotation/114","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Because people from all walks of life are exposed to different perspectives and different points of view and different types of work. \r\nOlivia Garcia: Great. Thank you. Is there anything else that you would like to share before we kind of conclude this today? \r\nBonar Hernández Sandoval: Yes. Well, I'd like to thank you for the, ehm, opportunity to share this.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://iastate.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2981/collection_resources/135079/file/250071#t=2793.0,2817.0"},{"id":"https://iastate.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2981/collection_resources/135079/file/250071/transcript/70052/annotation/115","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Eh, maybe I'll just, uh,","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://iastate.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2981/collection_resources/135079/file/250071#t=2817.0,2820.0"},{"id":"https://iastate.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2981/collection_resources/135079/file/250071/transcript/70052/annotation/116","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"say that, eh, I'll just go back to one point that I said at the beginning that, eh, I think, um, there are reasons to be optimistic about at least, like I speak from someone who is immigrant, but also who, someone who is very much connected with, with my country. I speak the language, I speak Spanish when I go to Guatemala, like, I can, I can do that and I can switch to English very, very easily.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://iastate.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2981/collection_resources/135079/file/250071#t=2820.0,2849.0"},{"id":"https://iastate.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2981/collection_resources/135079/file/250071/transcript/70052/annotation/117","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Eh, so, so that's sort of my, my position, but I, I would like to say that there are, I think there are reasons to be very, very optimistic about, about, eh, about, eh, Latino students and. and Latino, kind of professionals and Latino, Latino population in general, eh, eh, because, ehm, the demographic changes make it, making it,","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://iastate.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2981/collection_resources/135079/file/250071#t=2849.0,2880.0"},{"id":"https://iastate.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2981/collection_resources/135079/file/250071/transcript/70052/annotation/118","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"will make it inevitable that the Latino population grows.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://iastate.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2981/collection_resources/135079/file/250071#t=2880.0,2884.0"},{"id":"https://iastate.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2981/collection_resources/135079/file/250071/transcript/70052/annotation/119","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"So, so I like to, to look at this, like I said before, eh, optimistically and, and I will also, eh, just to conclude say that, eh, you know, that in higher education there are, many challenges, you know, uh, but also like I see with students who are Latinos, you know, I see, I see their faces, you know, and, and, and I am optimistic about, about seeing them at the, at the university, you know, I, that's something that I, that drives me, you know, in the classroom when I see, you know, of course, all students, you know. But I see more Latino students, you know, like I see more, more students that look like me.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://iastate.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2981/collection_resources/135079/file/250071#t=2884.0,2927.0"},{"id":"https://iastate.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2981/collection_resources/135079/file/250071/transcript/70052/annotation/120","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"So, so, I wonder if, ehm, at some point, you know, here in Iowa, it will be the majority of the students in the classroom who will be Latinos, so. \r\nOlivia Garcia: Okay. Muchísimas,","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://iastate.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2981/collection_resources/135079/file/250071#t=2927.0,2940.0"},{"id":"https://iastate.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2981/collection_resources/135079/file/250071/transcript/70052/annotation/121","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"muchísimas gracias, um, for being here and for giving up your time to um, share a bit of your story. So that kind of concludes today's oral history recording, um, so thank you again.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://iastate.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2981/collection_resources/135079/file/250071#t=2940.0,2953.0"},{"id":"https://iastate.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2981/collection_resources/135079/file/250071/transcript/70052/annotation/122","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Bonar Hernández Sandoval: Well, thank you.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://iastate.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2981/collection_resources/135079/file/250071#t=2953.0,2953.951"}]}]}]}