Josie Carrillo Johnson
Title
Josie Carrillo Johnson
Description
Biographical Synopsis of Interviewee: Josie Carrillo Johnson was born in the United States to a Mexican-American woman and a bracero man; she is one of five siblings; her mother had two children from an earlier marriage; her father was from Chihuahua. Chihuahua, México; he came to the United States as a bracero, and met her mother during this time; Josie grew up traveling with her parents to every bracero camp her father was sent to; she worked taking water to the braceros in the fields, carrying sacks, and cooking.
Summary of Interview: Ms. Carrillo discusses how her parents met, and how her family ended up working in bracero camps; she states that her mother met her father after divorcing a man with whom she had two children; her father was a bracero from Chihuahua, Chihuahua, México, and her mother was a Mexican-American woman from a small ranch in Colorado; she recalls what life was like for them in the bracero camps, and how they were usually the only family in those places; additionally, she describes working from the age of five taking water to the men in the fields, helping in the movement of vegetable sacks, and, later, working in kitchens preparing food for the braceros; she details how hard life was in the camps, the little food they had, and the long days they worked; furthermore, she explains how her grandparents discovered the conditions they had in those camps and decided to take them back to Colorado; she recounts attending elementary school and being punished for speaking Spanish; moreover, she expresses that her mother left her father due to domestic violence, and then married a third time; she concludes by stating that she went to college and later became an elementary school teacher.
Summary of Interview: Ms. Carrillo discusses how her parents met, and how her family ended up working in bracero camps; she states that her mother met her father after divorcing a man with whom she had two children; her father was a bracero from Chihuahua, Chihuahua, México, and her mother was a Mexican-American woman from a small ranch in Colorado; she recalls what life was like for them in the bracero camps, and how they were usually the only family in those places; additionally, she describes working from the age of five taking water to the men in the fields, helping in the movement of vegetable sacks, and, later, working in kitchens preparing food for the braceros; she details how hard life was in the camps, the little food they had, and the long days they worked; furthermore, she explains how her grandparents discovered the conditions they had in those camps and decided to take them back to Colorado; she recounts attending elementary school and being punished for speaking Spanish; moreover, she expresses that her mother left her father due to domestic violence, and then married a third time; she concludes by stating that she went to college and later became an elementary school teacher.
Creator
Navarro, Kristine
Carrillo Johnson, Josie
Date
2005-07-27
Subject
Daughter of a bracero
Contributor
Cristóbal Borges
Rights
Institute of Oral History, The University of Texas at El Paso
Language
eng
title (Spanish)
Josie Carrillo Johnson
creator (Spanish)
Navarro, Kristine
contributor (Spanish)
Cristóbal A. Borges
Rights Holder
Institute of Oral History, The University of Texas at El Paso
Original Format
Mini Disc
Duration
48:00
Bit Rate/Frequency
24 bit
96 k
96 k
Interviewer
Navarro, Kristine
Interviewee
Carrillo Johnson, Josie
Location
San Jose, California
File Name Identifier
Carrillo_Johnson_SJC002
Citation
Navarro, Kristine and Carrillo Johnson, Josie, “Josie Carrillo Johnson,” Bracero History Archive, accessed November 22, 2024, https://braceroarchive.org/items/show/144.