{"id":13827,"date":"2024-03-15T23:36:18","date_gmt":"2024-03-16T06:36:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cllas.uoregon.edu\/?p=13827"},"modified":"2026-04-12T16:10:30","modified_gmt":"2026-04-12T23:10:30","slug":"my-story-patricia-cortez","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cllas.uoregon.edu\/my-story-patricia-cortez\/","title":{"rendered":"My Story: Patricia Cortez\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Patricia Cortez<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Patricia Cortez was born in El Salvador 45 years ago. Her family was not only extremely poor, but also caught in the political violence between insurgency groups and the government. On Patricia\u2019s father\u2019s side, aunts, uncles and cousins were \u2018disappeared\u2019 and never found; one uncle was killed outright for refusing to move from his home.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559731&quot;:720,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Archbishop Oscar Romero\u2019s courageous stand to end oppression of the poor inspired Patricia, her older brother and two of her cousins to join his mission in the late 1970s. She and her brother were constantly harassed and in several cases beaten by military groups. Patricia\u2019s two cousins were later kidnapped, tortured, and killed. Patricia\u2019s brother is one of a thousand who disappeared during those turbulent times.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559731&quot;:720,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">More than once Patricia was detained and interrogated for hours because she was a student organizer. Patricia was also subjected to sexual harassment. One officer\u2019s behavior so repulsed her that she spit on him. For that, she was kicked and beaten so badly that she ultimately became sterile.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">While attending La Universidad National (National University), Patricia collected signatures to help support students\u2019 rights. One day she was informed by a classmate that the police were looking for her. While in hiding, she learned that the police had gone to her parents\u2019 home and beaten her father for not knowing where she was.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559731&quot;:720,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The knowledge that her parents\u2019 lives as well as her own were in danger caused Patricia to leave El Salvador. Friends had called the United States \u201cThe American Dream, The Land of Opportunities,\u201d leading Patricia to seek political asylum here. She arrived in Pasadena, California in 1985. Two years later, she moved to the Mission District in San Francisco and lived there for 11 years, working in many minimum wage jobs.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559731&quot;:720,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">In 1997, Patricia moved to Eugene and returned to school. She was aware that usually she was the only Latina present. She believes that her first impression of Eugene was na\u00efve. Later, she started to experience discrimination. At one time the occupants of a passing car threw a bowl full of blackberries at her, screaming, \u201cGo back to Mexico.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559731&quot;:720,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Patricia enjoys meeting all the hard-working activists of Eugene, and appreciates the collective effort to build community. Patricia has observed an increase in the number of Latinos making their homes in Lane County. She notes, \u201cIt is a mistake to think that all Latinos living in Eugene and Springfield are from Mexico.\u201d Immigrants of Latin heritage come from many different countries, including Ecuador, Honduras, Peru, El Salvador, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama, Chile, Argentina, Colombia, Cuba and Puerto Rico.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559731&quot;:720,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Patricia Cortez has persevered. She has lived with her soul mate for 13 years, and in 2004 received her master\u2019s degree in social work from Portland State University. She is dedicating her life to helping Latino youth and their families. Patricia has never been able to return to El Salvador for fear of additional violence against her parents and herself.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559731&quot;:720,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h3>Mi Historia: Patricia Cortez<\/h3>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Patricia Cortez naci\u00f3 en El Salvador hace 45 a\u00f1os. Su familia no s\u00f3lo era extremadamente pobre, sino que fue afectada por la violencia pol\u00edtica entre los grupos insurgentes y el gobierno. En la familia paterna de Patricia varios t\u00edos, t\u00edas y primos fueron desaparecidos y nunca se volvi\u00f3 a saber de ellos. Un t\u00edo fue asesinado brutalmente por haberse negado a abandonar su casa.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559731&quot;:720,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">La postura valiente del Arzobispo \u00d3scar Romero con el objetivo de eliminar la opresi\u00f3n de los pobres inspir\u00f3 a Patricia, a su hermano mayor y a dos de sus primos a unirse a su misi\u00f3n a finales de la d\u00e9cada de 1970. Ella y su hermano sufrieron acosos constantes y golpizas por parte de los grupos militares. Dos de los primos de Patricia fueron secuestrados, torturados y asesinados posteriormente. El hermano de Patricia es uno de miles de personas que desaparecieron durante esos tiempos turbulentos.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559731&quot;:720,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Patricia misma fue detenida e interrogada durante horas en m\u00e1s de una ocasi\u00f3n porque era organizadora entre los estudiantes. Tambi\u00e9n sufri\u00f3 acoso sexual. En una ocasi\u00f3n, asqueada por el comportamiento de un polic\u00eda, Patricia le escupi\u00f3. Por ello, fue golpeada y pateada tan severamente que se volvi\u00f3 inf\u00e9rtil.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559731&quot;:720,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Durante sus estudios en la Universidad Nacional, Patricia reun\u00eda firmas para adoptar iniciativas en apoyo a los derechos de los estudiantes. Un d\u00eda fue informada por un compa\u00f1ero que la polic\u00eda la buscaba. A ra\u00edz de eso, se mantuvo escondida, y se enter\u00f3 que la polic\u00eda hab\u00eda ido a casa de sus padres y hab\u00eda golpeado a su padre por no saber d\u00f3nde se encontraba ella. El enterarse de que las vidas de sus padres, as\u00ed como la suya, corr\u00edan peligro, ocasion\u00f3 que Patricia saliera del Salvador. Sus amigos hablaban de los Estados Unidos como La tierra de las oportunidades y el Sue\u00f1o Americano, y eso la condujo a solicitar asilo pol\u00edtico all\u00ed. Lleg\u00f3 a Pasadena, California en 1985. Dos a\u00f1os despu\u00e9s, se mud\u00f3 al distrito Mission de San Francisco, donde vivi\u00f3 durante 11 a\u00f1os, trabajando en una serie de empleos que le pagaban el salario m\u00ednimo.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559731&quot;:720,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">En 1997 Patricia se mud\u00f3 a Eugene y volvi\u00f3 a los estudios. Estaba consciente de que en casi todas sus clases era la \u00fanica latina. Hoy d\u00eda cree que su primera impresi\u00f3n de Eugene fue muy c\u00e1ndida e inocente. M\u00e1s adelante comenz\u00f3 a experimentar discriminaci\u00f3n. En una ocasi\u00f3n unas personas que iban en un auto le lanzaron un plato de zarzamoras, grit\u00e1ndole, \u201c\u00a1Regr\u00e9sate a M\u00e9xico!\u201d\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559731&quot;:720,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Patricia disfruta de conocer a todos los que trabajan por el activismo en Eugene, y aprecia sus esfuerzos colectivos por construir una comunidad m\u00e1s unida. Ella ha observado la creciente cantidad de latinos que se establecen en el Condado de Lane y hacen aqu\u00ed su hogar. Menciona, \u201cEs un error creer que todos los latinos que residen en Eugene y Springfield provienen de M\u00e9xico.\u201d Los inmigrantes de origen latino vienen de muchos pa\u00edses, incluyendo Ecuador, Honduras, Per\u00fa, El Salvador, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panam\u00e1, Chile, Argentina, Colombia, Cuba y Puerto Rico.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559731&quot;:720,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Patricia Cortez ha perseverado. Ha vivido con su pareja y alma gemela durante 13 a\u00f1os. En el 2005 recibi\u00f3 su Maestr\u00eda en Trabajo Social de la Universidad Portland State. Ella dedica su vida a ayudar a los j\u00f3venes latinos y sus familias. 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