An oral history with Yazmin Rubio, a fourth year student in Chico State University, she works for El Centro and goes into detail on her experiences at Chico. This interview was conducted for the Preserving Chico State Voices for Change, Oral History Project for California State University, Chico. This interview is to gather information and let Rubio express her feelings and memories as her time spent as a still ongoing student but now a current fourth year and staff at Chico State. The interview entails Rubio talking about her journey in school, her hardships, how she was able to manage. Talking
about her homesickness in her beginning years, how she managed to come back from it. Rubio talks about her work experience in Chico State University, in REACH teaching her how to work on her mentorship, making her grow in her own growth as a person and connect to people.
Rubio goes into detail about El Centro, saying what it is, how her experience has been working there, resources there is in El Centro, what the main join of El Centro is, who it helps, how she views the organization, and how it has helped her with her homesickness. Rubio emphasizes how El Centro aims to help coming students that are Latine but also other students that would benefit from the resources they give out. Rubio details how friends have helped her in her tough moments but how aspects of her culture have helped her prevail.
Dia de Los Muertos is heavily talked about, Rubio explains the importance it is in not only her culture but most importantly herself and how she takes it to heart. Rubio educates us about the background, characteristics, and feelings towards it. Rubio talks about how this holiday is connected to her job in El Centro, what she has done for El Centro, by wanting to educate people but also build community. Community is heavily valued for Rubio and she talks about how she can and will help new comers to have a sense of community and a friend to have when they feel scared or shy to talk.
