For my podcast, I am hoping to speak about my father’s journey to the United States. Immigration is a very important topic that is being discussed in our current political climate. I have always been fascinated by my father’s journey to the land of opportunity. I have always admired my father’s life and his struggles. For the podcast I am hoping to interview my father about his early life and the reasons as to why he came to the United States.
My father was born in the countryside in El Salvador. My grandparents were farmers and very poor, but managed to live with what they made. My father grew up under a time of severe repression in El Salvador. The government had begun to commit horrendous crimes against campesinos (peasants). My father tells me stories of how there would bodies on the side of the road, left there by the National Guard. My grandfather died in 1984, and it was around this time that my father decided, at the age of 21, to come to the United States. In my podcast, I will be providing background on the war and what occurred when my father arrived in the States. I will most likely interview my father in spanish and translate what he and I say.
