Juan B. Sanchez

This interview was conducted with Juan Basilio Sánchez at the Basilica in Hudson, New York, on June 5, 2012. Juan Basilio was born in Nicaragua, in an agricultural region. He is a single mother child without siblings. During his interview, Juan Basilio talked about his adolescence and young adulthood that was marked by the strong female presence of his mother and his grandmother in his life. He described his involvement in community projectos in his native Nicaragua, mainly with children. He also talks about the civil war that lasted 10 years in Nicaragua. During the interview came up his romantic relationship with an American woman native from Hudson, after of which he decided to migrate to the United States with his then baby boy. He talks about the difficult adaptation processs he went through in Hudson, especially without knowing to speak English. He explains his decision of staying in the United States in order to give his 11-years-old son a better future. He describes his involvement in activism supporting the Latino community in the Hudson Valley and his weekly radio show that he hosts at the local radio station where he addresses issues regarding the Latino inmigrant community.