Brenda Garcia Interview Essay

Brenda Garcia is a 19-year-old Mexican-American, born in the United States but raised in Chihuahua, Mexico. She had been living Chihuahua, Chihuahua Mexico for all of her life with the exception of staying summers trips to the US and to see family members that reside in the States but for the most part Brenda lived in what is considered the main city of Chihuahua, as her family owns a small business. She attended all of grade school in Mexico and lived a normal life until the cartel violence became too prevalent in 2013-2014. Brenda then decided to move to the States in 2014 as a full time student in Colorado State University to pursue a bachelor’s degree in social work and a minor in business. She’s has since been living on campus getting accustomed to living in a different environment both socially and economically. Chihuahua is the largest state in Mexico and is located in the northwestern part and is adjacent to the New Mexico and Texan border. Mexico is a developing country and has a presidential system much like the Unite

Brenda says that every Sunday is especially reserved for family time. “I am catholic so every Sunday and sometimes even during the week my family and I would attend church activities, and by that I mean bible study or when I was little that meant first communion classes or confirmation.” Ever since approximately 1531, with the sighting of ‘La Virgen De Guadalupe in central Mexico, Catholicism has maintained embedded in the Mexico. Even before the Spanish conquistadores arrived in Mexico the indigenous people of Mexico City, the Aztecs had a very strong belief in gods. So it is no wonder how strong their sense of belief runs in Mexicans. The culture of Mexico reflects the country’s complex history and is the result of the gradual blending that has occurred with the Spanish culture and other immigrant cultures as