GEOGRAPHY 10 FALL 2015 VICTORIA REZA

1. Family History Project
Geography 10
Fall 2015
Victoria Reza

2. Who I interviewed! 
 Dad
 Nicolas Reza
 Guerrero, Mexico
 Rio San Juan
 Oldest of 8
 Highest Education: 6th grade

3. Who I Interviewed 
 Mom
 Reyna Martinez
 Guerrero, Mexico
 Barrio La Plata
 Youngest of 13
 No education

4. WHEN DID HE IMMIGRATED
TO THE UNITED STATES OF
AMERICA?
HE FIRST IMMIGRATED TO THE UNITED
STATES DURING THE 4RTH WAVE IN
1984

5. 1ST TIME IMMIGRATING TO USA WAS ONLY
TEMPORARY (1984-1986)

6. HE STAYED IN MEXICO
FOR TWO YEARS
(1986-1988)

7. PUSH FACTORS
NO JOB OPPERTUNITIES
LOW PAY WAGE
POOR LIVING CONDITIONS
-HE JUST WANTED TO PROVIDE A GOOD LIVING
FOR HIS MOTHER AND HIS SISTERS BACK IN
MEXICO 
-HAVE HIS OWN FAMILY WITH BETTER
CONDITIONS

8. PULL FACTORS
BETTER JOB OPPORTUNITY
HIGHER PAY WAGE
LIVING CONDITION
EDUCATION

9. HE WENT BACK AND FORTH TO MEXICO AND
USA (1988-1992)

10. HE RETURNED BACK
FOR ANOTHER 2 ½
YEARS IN MEXICO
(1992-1994)
PARENTS MET HAD MY OLDER SISTER

11. HE RETURN BACK TO USA
1994
 SO I WAS BORN IN JULY 1995, 6 MONTHS LATER ON
CHRISTMAS DAY MY MOTHER AND I ARRIVED AT USA
 OLDER SISTER ARRIVED ON APRIL 1996
 BY THIS TIME MOST OF BOTH FAMILY HAD ALREADY
SETTLED AT USA IN DIFFERENT STATES LIKE (chain
migration)
 CALIFORNIA
 TEXAS
 ARIZONA
 UTAH
 CHICAGO
MEANWHILE MY MOM WAS PREGNANT
OF ME. AND MY DAD HAD ALREADY HAD
EVERYTHING READY FOR US TO MOVE TO
THE UNITED STATES.

12. HOME
MY DAD WAS LOOKING TO PURCHASE THE
HOME WE WERE LIVING IN ONTARIO ON
STATE STREET. BUT THE OWNER SAID NO!
SO HE SEARCHED FOR ANOTHER HOME
WHICH WAS ONLY A COUPLE BLOCKS AWAY
WHERE WE HAVE BEEN LIVING FOR 15 YEARS
AND COUNTING. WHERE MY TWO YOUNGER
SIBLINGS WERE BORN
WE FOUND OUT A YEAR LATER AFTER
PURCHASING THE HOUSE WHY WE
COULDN’T BUY THE OTHER HOUSE BECAUSE
OF THE ONTARIO AIRPORT PROJECT
WHICH CAUSED A LOT OF PEOPLE TO
BECOME HOMELESS

15. MAY OF 2008
MY PARENTS DIVORCED
THIS WAS THE FIRST YEARS SHE STARTED TO
WORK BECAUSE BEFORE SHE DID NOT HAVE
NEED TO WORK.
SHE WAS ALWAYS A HOUSE MOM
5 YEARS LATER SHE HAD MY BABY SISTER
DAYLIN

16. HIS HARD WORK HAS PAID OFF!!!!!!!!!!