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English<\/h4>\n

Concepci\u00f3n Mar\u00edn Mesquita was born in the Marcos De Nisa neighborhood of Phoenix, Arizona. Both her parents had grown up in the state. Connie remembers, <\/span>\u201cDuring the time that government agents were gathering all the Native Americans and forcing them into reservations, my great-grandfather Francisco Mar\u00edn was kidnapped by Comanche Indians along with his twin sister and brother…He was fifteen when they let him go. His Native American mother took him to a road and pointed the way, saying, \u2018Now it\u2019s time for you to go back to your people.\u2019 So he walked back into the mining town his family was from.\u201d<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

In Connie\u2019s immediate family, her mother had a sixth- grade education; her father made it to third grade. \u201cMy father\u2019s family was so poor, they couldn\u2019t afford new things,\u201d Connie explains. \u201cHis school provided used shoes, but they were too big for him. It embarrassed him. He went home and said he was never going back to school, and he didn\u2019t.\u201d<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Connie had four brothers and one sister. She remembers walking to church with her siblings and cousins and watching movies on Saturday nights, sitting on <\/span>blankets and eating popcorn at a local park. Friday nights were for families at the park. Connie\u2019s extended family traveled to San Jose, California every summer to earn money as migrant farm workers. \u201cWe piled in trucks and cars, the whole family, even the cousins, you know, we all gathered together. We always went to the same farm. The family was Italian. We picked practically everything…strawberries, peaches, plums, onions, tomatoes. All the families [in the migrant camp] knew each other. We all got together in the summer. We stopped going when I was eight or nine years old.\u201d\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

When Connie attended Phoenix Union High School, her teachers never suggested that she attend college. As a senior, she decided to follow her brother Carlos to California. \u201cI wanted to graduate from a California school because it was cool \u2013 surfing, and the music \u2013 it was more exciting than Phoenix,\u201d she explains.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

After graduating from Andrew Hill High School in San Jose, California, Connie joined the Job Corps. To her and her parents\u2019 surprise, her first assignment was at Tongue Point in Astoria, Oregon. She remembers flying into Portland and being amazed at the greenery. Connie\u2019s Job Corps post provided a diverse group of students: \u201cMexicano, AfricanAmericans, Alaskans, Native Americans, Chinese, Hawaiians…we were all girls.\u201d Connie completed a course in mechanical drafting, dental assistant, and worked in numerous business and clerical positions. She also experienced social discrimination: \u201cIn Astoria was the first time I really felt any prejudice…We took a trip to the Seaside…people were just looking at us as troublemakers, because here we were in a group and we were loud because we were having a good time. We were young. We weren\u2019t troublemakers…but that\u2019s how we were looked at. [Merchants] always warned us, Keep your hands off…or move away…or, some of you will have to stand outside I\u2019m afraid. That type of thing.\u201d\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

In 1969, the Upward Bound program at the University of Oregon brought Connie to Eugene, Oregon. Connie earned her undergraduate degree in Community Services and Public Affairs, in 1974. She earned a master\u2019s degree in Counseling for the Hearing Impaired at the Oregon College of Education in Monmouth (now Western Oregon University). In 1979, Connie went to work at Lane Community College. Her son, Mario, was born in 1982.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Connie was instrumental as one of the founding persons of several concerns significant to the Latino community, including establishing Adelante Si, a group of Latinos in Eugene who worked to promote political, cultural and educational events. Adelante Si established the first Fiesta Latina in the area, which has become an annual tradition. Connie has been active in the sanctuary movement, supporting Central American refugees fleeing the civil wars in Guatemala and El Salvador.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Connie recently retired from Lane Community College but continues to support the work of youth through the Puertas Abiertas Program at the college. She believes it is important for people within the Latino and European American community to understand the struggles and contributions of Latino immigrants.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Spanish<\/h4>\n

Connie Mesquita naci\u00f3 el 7 de diciembre de 1948 en un barrio de Phoenix, Arizona llamado Marcos De Nisa. Sus padres crecieron en el mismo estado. Connie recuerda: <\/span>\u201cDurante la \u00e9poca en que los agentes de gobierno reun\u00edan a todos los ind\u00edgenas y los obligaban a trasladarse a las reservas, mi bisabuelo Francisco Mar\u00edn fue secuestrado junto con su hermana gemela y su hermano mayor por los comanches. Mi bisabuelo ten\u00eda quince a\u00f1os cuando lo dejaron ir. Su madre ind\u00edgena lo llev\u00f3 a la carretera, le indic\u00f3 una cierta direcci\u00f3n, y le dijo: \u201cEs hora de que regreses a tu gente\u201d. As\u00ed que se fue caminando al pueblo minero de donde era mi familia\u201d.<\/span><\/i>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

La madre de Connie lleg\u00f3 al sexto grado de primaria, y su padre s\u00f3lo al tercero. <\/span>\u201cLa familia de mi padre era tan pobre, que no le alcanzaba para comprar cosas nuevas. En la escuela ten\u00edan ropa y zapatos regalados pero eran demasiado grandes para \u00e9l. Le dio verg\u00fcenza, entonces volvi\u00f3 a casa, dijo que no regresar\u00eda a la escuela, y nunca regres\u00f3\u201d.<\/span><\/i>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Connie tuvo cuatro hermanos y una hermana. Ella recuerda haber ido a la iglesia caminando con sus hermanos y primos y a ver pel\u00edculas los s\u00e1bados en la noche sentados sobre frazadas en un parque local, comiendo palomitas.La familia de Connie iba a San Jos\u00e9, California todos los veranos para ganar algo de dinero como trabajadores agr\u00edcolas migrantes.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cNos sub\u00edamos a los coches y las camionetas, toda la familia, hasta los primos, \u00bfsabes?, y siempre \u00edbamos a la misma granja, donde la familia era italiana. Dejamos de ir cuando yo ten\u00eda ocho o nueve a\u00f1os. Cosech\u00e1bamos de todo\u2026 fresa, durazno, ciruela, cebolla, tomate\u2026 Todas las familias del campamento se conoc\u00edan\u2026 todos nos reun\u00edamos durante los veranos. Dejamos de ir cuando yo ten\u00eda 8 o 9 a\u00f1os\u201d.<\/span><\/i>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Cuando Connie asisti\u00f3 al bachillerato en Phoenix Union High School, sus maestros no le explicaron que exist\u00eda la opci\u00f3n de ir a la universidad. <\/span>Cuando <\/span>estaba en su \u00faltimo a\u00f1o de bachillerato, decidi\u00f3 seguir a su hermano Carlos a California <\/span>\u201cQuer\u00eda graduarme en California porque era padre\u2014la gente se dedicaba al surf, y me gustaba la m\u00fasica\u2014era mucho m\u00e1s emocionante que Phoenix\u201d.<\/span><\/i>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Tras graduarse de Andrew Hill High School en San Jos\u00e9 se enlist\u00f3 en Job Corps. A su sorpresa, y a la de su familia, la asignaron al programa de Tongue Point, en Astoria, Oreg\u00f3n. Ella recuerda haber volado a Portland y sentirse abrumada por el verdor de la vegetaci\u00f3n abundante.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Le toc\u00f3 estar con un equipo muy diverso de Job Corps, <\/span>\u201cmexicanas, afroamericanas, chicas de Alaska, ind\u00edgenas de Norteam\u00e9rica, chinas\u2026 todas \u00e9ramos mujeres\u201d. <\/span><\/i>Connie termin\u00f3 un curso en dibujo t\u00e9cnico y otro como asistente dental, despu\u00e9s de lo cual trabaj\u00f3 en varios negocios y oficinas. Tambi\u00e9n sufri\u00f3 discriminaci\u00f3n:<\/span> \u201cEn Astoria experiment\u00e9 por primera vez los prejuicios\u2026 Hicimos un paseo a la costa\u2026 y la gente nos ve\u00eda como si les estuvi\u00e9ramos causando problemas, porque \u00edbamos todas en grupo y hac\u00edamos mucho ruido porque nos la est\u00e1bamos pasando muy bien, pues \u00e9ramos j\u00f3venes. Pero no eramos problem\u00e1ticas, no est\u00e1bamos haciendo nada malo\u2026 simplemente as\u00ed nos ve\u00edan ellos. En las tiendas nos advert\u00edan: \u2018\u00a1no toquen nada!\u2019, \u2018\u00a1al\u00e9jense de esto o aquello\u2026.!\u2019, o, nos dec\u00edan \u2018algunas de ustedes se van a tener que quedar afuera, lo sentimos\u2026\u2019, ese tipo de cosas.\u201d\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

En 1969 Connie lleg\u00f3 a Eugene mediante el programa Upward Bound de la Universidad de Oreg\u00f3n. Connie termin\u00f3 su Licenciatura en Servicios Comunitarios y Asuntos P\u00fablicos en la Universidad de Oreg\u00f3n en 1973. Hizo un posgrado en terapia para personas con discapacidad auditiva en el Oregon College of Education, en Monmouth (ahora llamada Universidad Occidental de Oreg\u00f3n). En 1979 comenz\u00f3 a trabajar en Lane Community College (LCC). Su hijo Mario naci\u00f3 en 1982.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Connie fue una de las personas clave en la formaci\u00f3n de varias iniciativas importantes para la comunidad latina, incluyendo el establecimiento de Adelante S\u00ed, un gurpo de latinos de Eugene que trabajan para promover eventos pol\u00edticos, culturales y educativos. Adelante S\u00ed se convirti\u00f3 en la organizaci\u00f3n que hasta hoy realiza la Fiesta Latina celebrada anualmente. Connie estuvo involucrada en el Movimiento del Santuario apoyando a los refugiados centroamericanos que hu\u00edan de las guerras civiles en Guatemala y El Salvador.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Recientemente Connie se jubil\u00f3 de Lane Community College pero contin\u00faa trabajando all\u00ed con j\u00f3venes mediante el programa Puertas. Ella cree que es importante que las personas de las comunidades latina y euroamericana comprendan las contribuciones y luchas de los inmigrantes latinos.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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