Ana Alonso

Inmigration Series 3

Ana Alonso came to the United States 8 years ago. Her story differs from the other salvadorans in the case that she was originally born in the United States in the 1970's. She explains how her father was one of the first salvadorans who came to America.

While many salvadorans were scaping the civil war, Ana and her family decided to go back to their hometown in El Salvador. They were living in Los Angeles, which according to Ana, was not the best to place to raise children at the time.

She grew up and studied in El Salvador. However, the postwar social conditions forced her to return to America. Ana stated at the beggining of the interview that she was not the typical salvadoran who comes to America. "I came to America through the big door because I had an american passport" she says.

She, like all other inmigrants in the United States believes the importance of inmigrants for the development of the United States.