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Canndice Green History 44 1) Fran Esquibel is originally from Atoka in Southeastern New Mexico; her memories of New Mexico were pleasant and very strong. She came from a large extended family, which left a strong positive impression on her life. When Fran was growing up, people in her family tended to look after each other. Some of her common household chores were laundry and feeding chickens and milking cows. 2) To the Esquibel family, being Roman Catholic essentially defined the make up of the family character. Religion was very much apart of the make up of the rural New Mexico life. Fran’s father introduced his in laws to the Mexican Catholicism that had not been apart of their culture. In addition, he introduced the family to the Virgen de Guadalupe (Our Lady of Guadalupe) and her divine Son; Christ. 3) Part of Fran’s memories of her strange new environment includes experiences of hunger and deprivation for the first time. She missed having fresh food, she had to grow accustom to eating in the school lunch program with the processed food, which she loathed. Her housing situation is cramp and over crowded. 4) Because in California her parents Mexican identity represented a poor existence for her, in New Mexico sh