APPENDIX Participants
PSEUDONYM | GENDER | FIRST-GENERATION IMMIGRANT? | RACIAL/ETHNIC IDENTITY | JOB BEFORE FIRST INTERVIEW | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Abel Jimenez | M | yes (Mexico) | Latino | ran small food market/vegetable delivery | ||||
Alfredo Reyes | M | yes (El Salvador) | Latino | baker | ||||
Alice Joyner | F | no | Black | Christian Science nurse/student | ||||
Amber Washington | F | no | Black | social service agency administrator | ||||
Anastasia Tang | F | yes (Southeast Asia) | Southeast Asian American | HR manager | ||||
Ann Lopez | F | no | Latino | IT worker | ||||
Auguste Salander | M | no | white | pizza delivery | ||||
Carl Mathews | M | no | Black | City of LA., security officer | ||||
Caroline James | F | no | white | senior VP, HR, entertainment company | ||||
Celeste Rue | F | no | mixed (European/ American Indian /Latino) | admin assistant (temp) | ||||
Charles Toppes | M | no | white | director manufacturing operations, furniture company | ||||
Charlie Mike Romero | M | yes (El Salvador) | mixed (Latino/Asian) | database administrator for bank | ||||
Chipper Goodman | M | no | white | bouncer at a club (part-time) | ||||
Daniel Horn | M | no | white | contractor | ||||
Della Jones | F | no | white | public school teacher | ||||
Elizabeth Montgomery | F | no | white | sales, high end office furniture | ||||
Emily Quinn | F | no | white | exec asst, construction company | ||||
Feliciano Salas | M | yes (Mexico) | Latino | roofer/day laborer | ||||
Fred Hernandez | M | 1.5* (Mexico) | Latino | DUI counselor | ||||
Gabriella Gomez | F | 1.5 (Mexico) | Latino | yoga teacher, massage therapist, retail clerk (part-time) | ||||
Ginger Thi | F | no | East Asian American | secretary/temp | ||||
Hillary Edwards | F | no | Black | banker | ||||
Ichabod Jones | M | no | Latino | social services program director | ||||
Isabel Navarro | F | yes (Mexico) | Latino | esthetician, self-employed/disabled | ||||
Jackie Gallardo | F | 1.5 (Mexico) | Latino | warehouse work (temp) | ||||
Jagat Bodhi | M | yes (Uganda, England) | South Asian American | telecommunications technician | ||||
Jake Taylor | M | no | white | warehouse operations manager | ||||
Jim Wade | M | no | white | service advisor auto parts store, census worker (short-term) | ||||
John Davis | M | no | mixed (Black/ American Indian/ European) | senior VP, organization development, financial services company | ||||
Jorge Paiz | M | yes (Guatemala) | Latino | construction worker | ||||
José Navarro | M | yes (Mexico) | Latino | food vendor, athletic stadiums | ||||
Katarina Spelling | F | no | white | branch manager, social services organization, then communications coordinator, nonprofit organization (part-time) | ||||
Kham Sy Phouphan | M | yes (Laos) | Southeast Asian American | machine operator, lighting company | ||||
Krystal Murphy | F | no | white | admin assistant, financial services company | ||||
La dama de abril | F | Yes (Colombia, Venezuela) | Latino | housecleaning business | ||||
Linda McDaniel | F | no | white | executive assistant, construction company | ||||
Lisa Rose | F | no | white | associate VP, nonprofit organization | ||||
Lucy Guerrero | F | yes (Colombia, Venezuela) | Latino | HR office work, courier company | ||||
Luis Segura | M | yes (Mexico) | Latino | gardener/day laborer | ||||
Magenta Love | F | no | Black | health information consultant/cosmetology teacher (part-time) | ||||
Marcus Walker | M | no | Black | assembly worker | ||||
Maria Carrera | F | yes (Ecuador) | Latino | manufacturing operations supervisor | ||||
Mary Brown | F | no | Black | student advisor in outreach program | ||||
Mickey Muller | M | no | white | electrical engineer | ||||
Miguel Vargas | M | yes (Mexico) | Latino | account manager, cosmetics company | ||||
Miriam Ramos | F | no | mixed (Latino/ American Indian) | hairdresser | ||||
Mona Childs | F | no | Declined to state | marketing for senior housing | ||||
Monserrat León | F | yes (Mexico) | Latino | waitress | ||||
Natalie Harper | F | no | white | grant specialist | ||||
Paula Jackson | F | 1.5 (Cuba) | Latino | phlebotomist | ||||
Pepper Hill | F | no | white | director of consulting for a large nonprofit | ||||
Phoenix Rises | F | no | Black | special ed teacher | ||||
Ralph Edwards | M | no | Black | sales for credit card processor | ||||
Rebecca Robinson | F | no | white | admin assistant (temp) | ||||
ReNé McKnight | F | no | Black | customer support, call center | ||||
Robert Milner | M | no | Latino | supply chain strategist | ||||
Sam Lennon | F | no | mixed (white/ American Indian) | cashier, counter assistant, deli | ||||
Stacie McCarthy | F | no | white | loan processor/funder | ||||
Stephen Smith | M | no | white | senior director, development and finance, large company in leisure industry | ||||
Summer Carrington | F | no | white | asset manager at bank | ||||
Terrance West | M | no | Black | shipping/receiving clerk | ||||
Theresa Allen | F | no | white | waitress/homemaker | ||||
Tom Dunn | M | no | white | IT recruiter | ||||
Tony DeLuca | M | no | white | VP, HR, entertainment company | ||||
Note: Two of my pilot interviewees are mentioned in the text: Bob Roberts, male, nonimmigrant, white, lobbyist for a nonprofit; Earl Apache Longwolf, male, nonimmigrant, mixed (American Indian/Black), welder. | ||||||||
* Leslie Berestein Rojas, “Gen 1.5: Where an Immigrant Generation Fits In,” KPCC, March 21, 2012, http:// | ||||||||