http://youtu.be/qfHBsAKccdM

This is the video component to my oral history project. I chose to interview my mother, Mayreni Perez, a Dominican immigrant living in Queens. The purpose of this interview was to have my mother reveal to us what her immigrant experience was like, how she viewed New York City then and how she views New York City now. Despite some hardship, she views New York City as her home.

The original recorded video was about 21 minutes long, but it was condensed to 14.5 minutes so it wouldn’t be too long. Note that the camera tends to shake a lot because I am terrible at keeping my hands steady with a camera.