Nicaragua 1

Listen to Nicaragua 1, a 62-year-old woman from Managua, Nicaragua. Click or tap the triangle-shaped play button to hear the subject.

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BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION

AGE: 62

DATE OF BIRTH (DD/MM/YYYY): 22/01/1953

PLACE OF BIRTH: Managua, Nicaragua

GENDER: female

ETHNICITY: Nicaraguan

OCCUPATION: retired homemaker

EDUCATION: third grade

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

The speaker was born and raised in Managua, Nicaragua, where she lived until age 38, when she moved to the United States.

OTHER INFLUENCES ON SPEECH: N/A

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RECORDED BY: Ricky Abilez (under supervision of David Nevell)

DATE OF RECORDING (DD/MM/YYYY): 12/04/2015

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ORTHOGRAPHIC TRANSCRIPTION OF UNSCRIPTED SPEECH:

When, uh, Nicaragua changed, the government changed. Everything was different: no food, no money. And I decided to move to the United States with my kids. And then we, we set up in the city of Montebello, in California. Well, they’re growing up, and getting old. They call here as their, their age, and now I believe I will take care of my husband. He got, uh, Parkinson’s Disease. And also I, I start take care of myself too, my house. I’m still gardening. Sometimes I make food; sometimes we buy food. And I go to the gym; I like to go window-shopping, and then I like to go party once a week. What I very, very happy is because my kid growing, and they are very strong, and they, uh, they have their own job, their own house; they are very independent, and they help me a lot. And I, I very, very, uh, truly thank you for them, because they never forgot that I am their mom.

TRANSCRIBED BY: Ricky Abilez (under supervision of David Nevell)

DATE OF TRANSCRIPTION (DD/MM/YYYY): 12/04/2015

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