- Collection:
- Athens Oral History Project, 2014-2016
- Title:
- Illiana Rodriguez interviewed by Iva Dimitrova, 5 August 2016.
- Creator:
- Rodriguez, Illiana
- Contributor to Resource:
- Dimitrova, Iva
- Date of Original:
- 2016-08-05
- Subject:
- Noncitizens--Education (Higher)--Georgia
Illegal immigration--Georgia - People:
- Rodriguez, Illiana
- Location:
- United States, Georgia, Clarke County, Athens, 33.96095, -83.37794
- Medium:
- interviews
oral histories (literary works) - Type:
- Sound
- Format:
- audio/mpeg
- Description:
- Iliana Rodriguez discusses her educational experience growing up, including memories of being the only Latina in her classes, being tracked into the gifted education program and, later, the magnet program at Campbell High School, and reflects on how these programs created what she describes as a different type of segregation. Rodriguez talks about deciding to apply to the University of Georgia, being the first person in her family to attend college, and deciding on a course of study, but also describes the much larger role that her volunteer work and service with groups including the Undocumented Student Alliance, IMPACT UGA, Casa de Amistad, and Freedom University, played in her college career. Rodriguez discusses her decision to pursue graduate study at Yale University's American Studies program, the way her cultural background and family history inform her research focus, and compares her observations of Latino and migrant activism in New Haven, Connecticut versus the metro-Atlanta area.
Iliana Rodriguez was born in Houston, Texas but grew up in Marietta, Georgia, graduating from the University of Georgia with dual degrees in Latin American and Caribbean Studies and International Affairs. Rodriguez was an active volunteer in Freedom University, an organization that offers classes and college preparation for undocumented students in Georgia, and co-founder of the Undocumented Student Alliance, a student organization that lends support to Freedom University. Rodriguez was also the Lead ESL teacher at the non-profit Casa de Amistad, and was the Executive Coordinator of IMPACT UGA. She is enrolled in a graduate program in American Studies at Yale University.
Interviewed by Iva Dimitrova. - Metadata URL:
- http://purl.libs.uga.edu/russell/RBRL361AOHP-021/ohms
- Language:
- eng
- Additional Rights Information:
- Resources may be used under the guidelines described by the U.S. Copyright Office in Section 107, Title 17, United States Code (Fair use). Parties interested in production or commercial use of the resources should contact the Russell Library for a fee schedule.
- Bibliographic Citation (Cite As):
- Athens Oral History Project, AOHP 021, Richard B. Russell Library for Political Research and Studies, University of Georgia Libraries, Athens, Georgia, 30602-1641.
- Extent:
- 1 interview (88 min.) : digital, stereo
- Original Collection:
- Athens Oral History Project, Richard B. Russell Library for Political Research and Studies, University of Georgia Libraries, Athens, Georgia, 30602-1641.
- Holding Institution:
- Richard B. Russell Library for Political Research and Studies
- Rights:
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