Oral history interview, Clara Perez-Mendez, 2004 (video and summary)

Family background and childhood in the border town of Tijuana (Mexico); move to the United States in 1975; learning to speak English while living in Las Cruces (New Mexico; Hispanic American population and Hispanic immigrant population in Boulder; reasons that people immigrate to the United States; lack of awareness of Hispanic people in Boulder; the kind of discrimination that Hispanic people in Boulder experience; learning to speak English and maintaining knowledge of Spanish; growth of Hispanic population in Boulder during the 1990s; People's Clinic; San Juan del Centro Clinic; Safehouse; EFAA [Emergency Family Assistance Association]; Blue Sky Bridge; Boulder Valley School District and Spanish-speaking parents who have special-needs children; Child Find; Family Learning Center; process of becoming a U.S. citizen; work on Boulder Master Plan Committee; her company (Puentes Culturales); awards received