Jalisco

Northgate was created by an immigrant family of fifteen people. The parents Miguel Gonzales and the wife Teresa Reynoso with all their thirteen children. They are from a small town called Jalostotitlan, Jalisco Mexico. The Miguel owned a shoe market at the time and it burned in the year of 1952, and their loca church helped them raise money for what they had lost. It took the family fourteen years to get everything they owned back again, and when they did the Miguel and his older sons left to…

on both sides of Gabrielle’s face from the small pigtails atop her head. She slowly positioned her thumb in the center of her palm, to show me the number 4; that’s how old she turns in November. Her mother, Faye, and my brother married in Mixtlan, Jalisco, Mexico in early 2012. On November 11th that same year, one week before her third trimester, she gave birth to her first and only daughter, Gabrielle. Today, September 18th at 1:30 pm in Oakland, California, nearly 3 months before Gabrielle’s…

Page 2 of 6 ZOOM Mexican food vs Tex-MexHistoryIn 1521 Spain invaded Mexico. Spanish foods had the most influence on the Mexican cuisine. They introduced new livestock, such as sheep, pigs and cows. They brought with them dairy products, and garlic as well as many different herbs, wheat and spices. It was at this time that the Mexican people saw the assimilation of many other cuisines including Caribbean, South American, French, West African and Portuguese. Because of this Mexican…

The Cartel is one of the most dangerous things in the world. “Members of the Jalisco Nueva Generación Cartel (CJNG) abducted five young men in Mexico and attempted to force them to carry out cartel operations. When the men refused, all five were beheaded” (ELI CRANE). It is a very big thing around where people in the cartel go that the people that live there should act good and try not to do anything wrong. They will do what they have to do for people to get their job done. Many people wonder…

Music plays a big role in the life of a Mexican. They could never live a life without art. Music in Mexico allows people to talk and express how they feel about something or someone which is usually in their past. This helps people celebrate life and love. History and legends are an overcoming of cruel treatments. The history has experienced an enormous change from the sound of the drums of a Mayan or Aztec ceremony to some modern Mexican rap. Over the years the music has changed. Mexican music…

Chiapas. The storm then quickly went from a tropical storm to a Category Five Hurricane. The increase in the temperature of the water due to the El Nino allowed for Hurricane Patricia to intensify this quickly. The storm then reached land at Cuixmala, Jalisco and then quickly began to degrade as traveled further in land. The storm then quickly losses momentum as it passed over the Sierra Madre de Sur mountain range. The storm didn’t do as much damage as…

money. On return I found my now ex-boyfriend waiting for me at the breakfast bar in my kitchen, he was very questioning towards me. Once again I was in tears. I just wanted to get food without all the questions! The clock read 1:30 am I knew Taco Jaliscos would be closing soon if I didn't leave I wouldn't be getting tacos. On my way out of the Brian told me he wanted to come with me so he could ask me a question. I thought "great it is never a good thing when boys want to ask questions." Off…

In my first interview, I have interviewed my father who is currently 60 years old and works as a machine operator at a technology company in Fremont for over 25 years. During his adolescence developmental stage, he lived in Ameca Jalisco, Mexico with my grandparents. He did not attend college after completing high school because his family was not able to afford it. Since he did not go to college, one of the many jobs he had was to go out in the crop fields to help his father pick up various…

Dendi, born in Guadalajara, Jalisco, is a married mother of two, said that she’s been living in the United States for twenty-five years. Mexico has an abundance of violence and poverty, so her family moved here for better economic opportunities. She said that living here is a better way of living, especially when you are raising children. The five most important values of the Mexican culture are the love and respect for the family, especially the elders, the language, food, traditional music,…

The individual that I interview is Maria del Refugio. Maria is 67 years old and she was born and raised in Guadalajara, Jalisco in the city of Zapopan. The interview took place in my house. However, she came to the United States 5 months ago. Maria came to visit her family. During the interview she mentioned that people from U.S are more liberal and unfriendly. She states that even neighbors are stranger. That’s something she misses from Zapopan that fact that everyone knows each other and that…