Ana Julia Vasquez Blanco
She was born in 1947 in El Salvador, in the state of San Miguel, which is at the western part of El Salvador, but she grew up a very small village called El Divisadero. The school she attended for elementary and middle school was called the George Washington school. That was all the education she had; if she wanted to continue with her studies she had to travel far away, the closest school was an hour and 45 minutes by bus. Therefore she was not able to continue with that.
Ana Vasquez came from a very poor family. She has one brother and one sister still living in El Salvador. They had to start working early to help their parents with the finances of the family.
Something that she remember about her childhood is that she never liked gym class because she did not like to practice sport but she was very good in other assignments she said her average it was about 3.0 or above. Her adolecence was not very interesting because she did not have cool things to alucinate with in others words they did not have video game,no nike cloth ,no cd's but one thing is true they get use to the life they had therefore they were happy the way they lived. When she became a mature woman she meet a lot of people and when she tought she has found the person she wants for her entire life MARITZA was born but them ana had many problems with her husband therefore they got divorced years latter her dauther came to the United State and made her family in here after ten years that ana did not see her dauther finaly they come back together again .
When ana was one year of being here she got realy sick she was about to die that is why she said that if she has never come here probably she could now be in a better life in here there are all this kind of facilities therefore she survive to the open hart operation they did on her. One thing she say it was one of the saddest day of herm life is when she left her now new husband and her country ;but she has also nice things that had happened in here all parties, her birthday , present ,and her granddauther that is now what she care about. By coming to the United State she helps some people economically when she can, s she feels proud of that. For now all she does is to take care of her grandaughter. the house and her dog.
For the future she is now only waiting for her husband to come and the day is not so far she say because the process of his paper is almost done.
This oral history was prepared by a Bladensburg High School for her World History Class.
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