Episode : My Grandma's Story
00:00:00 - Hi everyone, welcome to my podcast. Today we're going to talk about the history of my grandma Micaela Calderon Hernández.
00:00:07 - She was born in Mexico City. Her mother was 13 years old when she got her. She was a third of six siblings. Three of those were half-siblings.
00:00:17 - When she was born, she adopted her uncle's last name because she never knew her dad. She lived her childhood at Peralvilla and her last school or level was primary school.
school. Her mother was a single mother, so sometimes she doesn't have enough money to support her siblings, so she sent my grandma to a common for a while until my grandmother was 17 years. She got married with my grandpa. They have 10 siblings, but 12 of them died when they were babies. My grandparents had a fabric of mosaics. They used to work a lot. My grandma moved to the USA when her third granddaughter born. A few years later she got the citizenship of the USA, but she is still living in Mexico. My grandpa is an alcoholic, so he won't aggressive with my grandma. She took the decision to get divorced and get out of there with no money or employee. She also had the responsibility of my mom. At that time, my mom was a teenager. They00:01:19 - They moved to Xochimilco in a very tiny apartment.
00:01:23 - My mom and my grandmother need to work a lot to have enough money to live.
00:01:29 - They live there for a quiet time.
00:01:31 - After a couple of years, they decide to remodel and adapt a ground as departments.
00:01:38 - As a consequence, they begin, live on their runs.
00:01:41 - Now my grandma has his own house and is still living out those rents.
00:01:48 - Nowadays the opportunities are getting better, but the fight of equality opportunities for women is still alive.
00:01:54 - She suffers sexist, violence and gender discrimination.
00:01:58 - Unfortunately, this is our reality for lots of women in our country, but we're brave.
00:02:04 - Our boys is being hard.
00:02:06 - My grandma is convinced that this situation can and will be changed.
00:02:11 - Thank you for your attention.