New York 26

Listen to New York 26, a 26-year-old woman from East Harlem, Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States. Click or tap the triangle-shaped play button to hear the subject.

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BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION

AGE: 26

DATE OF BIRTH (DD/MM/YYYY): 19/05/1989

PLACE OF BIRTH: East Harlem, New York City

GENDER: female

ETHNICITY: Puerto Rican

OCCUPATION: clerical worker

EDUCATION: BA in history

AREAS OF RESIDENCE OUTSIDE REPRESENTATIVE REGION FOR LONGER THAN SIX MONTHS:

The subject was born and raised in East Harlem, New York City, until age 18, but attended college in Albany, New York, from ages 18 to 21. She moved back to East Harlem after she graduated.

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RECORDED BY: David Nevell

DATE OF RECORDING (DD/MM/YYYY): 08/03/2014

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DATE OF TRANSCRIPTION (DD/MM/YYYY): N/A

ORTHOGRAPHIC TRANSCRIPTION OF UNSCRIPTED SPEECH:

I was born in New York City. I grew up in the area, East Harlem. Well, I left when I was 18, to go to college, I went to SUNY Albany, in upstate New York. Then I came back when I finished. I was, like, 21. I’ve been here since, just working. I’ve been having different jobs here and there. Right now I’m working at the Intrepid Museum, which is, um, near like, downtown, Hell’s Kitchen area. I still live in East Harlem, yeah. I live on 105th and First Avenue, so right by the East River. It’s OK; it’s changed a lot throughout the years; um, gentrification has been, um, you know, an issue, um, so, ya know, it has its pros and cons. Um, ya know, its changed a lot, ya know, and that’s it, really.

Well, with, ya know, with people, different, um, people moving in, different real estate coming in, it’s made the neighborhood, um, it’s attracted more police security, um, for those people, those new people moving in; um, also, uh, it’s created different, um, I guess, economic, um, ya know, like they put a mall on 116th, ya know, which helps a lot, ya know; you don’t have to go so far now, like there’s different stores that we didn’t have access to before that now are close by, like, Target, the first Target in Manhattan, PetSmart, that kind of thing. Um, prices have gone up a little bit in terms of like rent, things like that.

I like animals a lot, um, human-rights causes, things like that. I wanna be a police officer, so like, I — right now I’m in the process of getting into that. So, ya know, like helping people, that kinda stuff, volunteer work. I was in, uh, um, I was in a fraternity when I was in college; it was a community-service fraternity that their focus was about that kinda stuff. I guess, like, growing up, I know what it’s like, um, to not have a lot, so, you know, it’s good to see, ya know, people giving, like, it’s good to give, especially when, like, if you’re in the other side, ya know, you feel good when they give to you, that kinda thing.

Born here, my mom was born here, but, like, my grandparents are from Puerto Rico. My dad was born in Chicago, but he grew up in Puerto Rico, and then he came back here.

I graduated with a B.A. in history. Right now, I’m, a, um, museu- box-office representative at the Intrepid Museum — Intrepid Sea, Air, and Space Museum.

TRANSCRIBED BY: Shawnia Keith (under supervision of David Nevell)

DATE OF TRANSCRIPTION (DD/MM/YYYY): 03/05/2014

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