Essay

Family Story Proposal & Questions

Interviewer: Carlos Valdez

Informant/Relationship: Maritza Guevara/ Mother

Why this person: I want to interview this person because she has been the most influential person throughout my life and I’d like to know how it was going up and living through the shoes of my mother when she was young a bit better.

Date/Location of interview: Saturday the 25th/ My House

Will you record your interview or take notes? I will take notes and record the interview as well.

Five “closed” questions you will ask in your interview:

1. Was it difficult raising three children as a single mother?

2. Do you have any regrets?

3. Who was the person who supported you the most?

4. Did you work outside the home after you left school?

5. What is your fondest memory of your mother and father?

Five “open” questions you will ask in your interview:

6. What did you have to give up for us?

7. If you could, what would you go back and change?

8. What major life events have influenced your perspective on life?

9. How has your childhood influenced your choices today?

10. As a child what did you want in life?

What are your primary concerns/challenges going into this project? My primary concerns/ challenges going into this project is truly deciding what I want to write about or who to interview. I feel like I am going to end up changing it later. As of right now, that’s what my topic I am going for and