Food Interview

Good afternoon, my name is Angel Valdez born in D.F. Mexico and raised in Las Vegas, Nevada. Living in Las Vegas most of my life with a Mexican upbringing I found my story of food to be quite similar to the person I interviewed. As a result of my parents only being used to cooking Mexican food that became a huge part of my daily meals as well as the culture I was a part of because of it. However, being located in central Las Vegas gave me the opportunity to eat various different types of food, engaging with various cultures and races outside of my own. There are little foods I have not ate myself and I am very open to trying new things. Although I do have my limits as far as exotic food goes.

Today I interviewed one of the wonderful students at the University of Nevada Reno, Rosie. A junior here at our lovely University, she comes from Sacramento California. Looking to graduate fall of 2019. Her parents were born in Mexico and she is fully Hispanic and grow up eating a lot of Mexican food since that is all her parents knew how to cook. Up until the age of 5 her parents began to spread their food styles to which some would call becoming "Americanized". After my interview with Rosie I found that my own upbringing may not be as special as I once believed it to be, but allowed me to connect to another individual even if we did not grow up in the same state!

You can find and listen to the voice recording of this interview right here at the following link: https://drive.google.com/open?id=1r_D9gcHspT0gvCVfRYhfEyVGDzFwNZE1