Gerardo Marengo

I was 29. Puerto Rico was a disaster work-wise – no jobs. I was married and had a family to support. It was my obligation to provide. So I moved to NY in 1953 to look for work and bring my family here for a better life. Our life was family-time, work, school, church and family. Not much time for anything else.

A los 29 anos, en Puerto Rico estaba fatal, no habian trabajos. Yo era un hombre casado con una familia que tenia que mantener era mi obligacion. Pues me mude para N.Y. en el ano 1953 para buscar trabajo y entonces traer a mi familia para una vida major. Nuestra vida era tiempo con la familia, el trabajo, la escuela, la iglesia y nuestro familia. No abia mas tiempo para nada mas.