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Film negatives of the land designated for Gerson Housing, April 13, 1963

Date

1963-04-13

Description

Series of twelve negatives from Nevada State Museum showing the elevation views of the Westside in the area of the future Gerson Park housing project bordered by Highland Avenue, east; unnamed dirt road, west; Coran Lane, south; and Cowtrail Boulevard, north, taken for Herbert Gerson, Executive Housing Director of Las Vegas, for purposes of urban renewal, April 13, 1963.

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Rocio Rodríguez-Martinez oral history interview: transcript

Date

2019-06-21

Description

Oral history interview with Rocio Rodríguez-Martinez conducted by Elsa Lopez and Monserrath Hernández on June 21, 2019 for the Latinx Voices of Southern Nevada Oral History Project. Rocio shares her personal history growing up in Bogotá, Colombia and how she immigrated to the United States. She talks about motherhood, her Latina identity, and her experiences raising her daughter in Los Angeles and Las Vegas with her husband. Rocio also discusses her employment history and how she was able to achieve her professional goals of becoming a Spanish and English teacher for the Clark County School District (CCSD)'s Family and Community Engagement Services (FACES) program. Her interview is conducted in Spanish. Subjects discussed include: Bogotá, Colombia; El Salvador; Family and Community Engagement Services (FACES).

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