Melissa Rivera, Full Interview
Collection: This recording is part of the 30th Ave - A Year in the Life of a Street Records at the Archives at Queens Library: Melissa Rivera
Date: Time Period: 1950 - 2011; 2011-05-07; Interview recorded: May 7 2011
Material: Digital audio recording made using Olympus Linear PCM Recorder LS-10 digital recorder and Adobe Soundbooth CS5. Dimension:
Total running time: 0:25:42
Creator: Melissa Rivera interviewed by Annabel Short
Identifier: aql:18771 rivera_melissa_full
Description: Melissa Rivera was born in US to Puerto Rican parents. She started working at the age of thirteen in shops and the cinema along Steinway Street. She now works in child welfare – previously directly with foster kids, now training people who work with them. Melissa talks about running her own soap-making business alongside her job and looking after her 8 year old son Juan as a single mom.
Creator :
Melissa Rivera interviewed by Annabel Short
Date :
Time Period: 1950 - 2011; 2011-05-07; Interview recorded: May 7 2011
Summary/Description :
Melissa Rivera was born in US to Puerto Rican parents. She started working at the age of thirteen in shops and the cinema along Steinway Street. She now works in child welfare – previously directly with foster kids, now training people who work with them. Melissa talks about running her own soap-making business alongside her job and looking after her 8 year old son Juan as a single mom.
Subject :
Social work with children
Rights :
Contact the Archives at Queens Library (718-990-0770) for research and reproduction requests.
Coverage :
Locations discussed: Astoria, Queens, NY Astoria (New York, N.Y.) Queens (New York, N.Y.)
Type :
Oral history
Format :
Digital audio recording made using Olympus Linear PCM Recorder LS-10 digital recorder and Adobe Soundbooth CS5.; Total running time: 0:25:42
Identifier :
aql:18771 rivera_melissa_full
Rights Notice
Contact the Archives at Queens Library (718-990-0770) for research and reproduction requests.
Contact the Archives at Queens Library (718-990-0770) for research and reproduction requests.
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