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Oral history interview with Sofía Pérez Alers, April 2, 2022

dc.creator Pérez Alers, Sofía (Narrator)
dc.creator Derek (Interviewer)
dc.date.accessioned 2022-09-14T18:24:05Z
dc.date.available 2022-09-14T18:24:05Z
dc.date.created 2022-04-02
dc.description.abstract Sofia is a loving person with whom I was able to sit down with and listen to her story, which seemed like a Puerto Rican tragedy. Sofía lived in Barrio Victoria, in Aguadilla, Puerto Rico, but currently resides in her daughters' house because her house was not suitable for an elderly person like her. She tells us her story of how she felt before, during, and after Hurricane Maria. Truly, she is a humble human being who really only cared about two things: the safety of her loved ones and her love of agriculture. She is a strong and independent woman who faced the reality of losing her home and everything in it. Despite this, she lives every day with a smile on her face, providing food to her neighbors and others straight from her yard. en
dc.description.abstract Sofía es una persona amorosa con quien me pude sentar y escuchar su historia, la cual parecía una tragedia puertorriqueña. Sofía vivía en el Barrio Victoria, en Aguadilla, Puerto Rico, pero actualmente reside en la casa de sus hijas debido a que su casa no estaba apta para una persona de tercera edad como ella. Nos cuenta su historia de cómo se sintió antes, durante y después del huracán María. Verdaderamente, es un ser humano humilde a quien realmente solo le importaban dos cosas: la seguridad de sus seres queridos y su amor por la agricultura. Es una mujer fuerte e independiente que se enfrentó a la realidad de perder su casa y todo lo que había dentro. Sin embargo, vive todos los días con una sonrisa en el rostro, brindándole comida a sus vecinos y a otras personas directamente de su patio. es
dc.description.sponsorship This work was created as part of the project “Listening to Puerto Rico: The Promise of Oral History On-Campus and Beyond,” funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities, Award number ZDH-284106-22.
dc.identifier.uri https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11801/2947
dc.language es
dc.publisher Oral History Lab @UPRM
dc.rights.holder (c) 2022 Sofía Pérez Alers, (c) 2022 Derek
dc.rights.license All rights reserved
dc.subject Homelessness and houselessness en
dc.subject Agriculture en
dc.subject Falta de hogar y falta de vivienda es
dc.subject Agricultura es
dc.subject Older people en
dc.subject Hurricane Maria en
dc.subject Homelessness and houselessness en
dc.subject Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) en
dc.subject Personas mayores es
dc.subject Huracán María es
dc.subject Falta de hogar y falta de vivienda es
dc.title Oral history interview with Sofía Pérez Alers, April 2, 2022 en
dc.title.alternative Entrevista de historia oral con Sofía Pérez Alers, 2 de abril de 2022 es
dc.type Oral history
dspace.entity.type Publication
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