Oral history interview with Kara Andrade, 2013.

Biographical Note

Journalist.

Scope and Contents

Ashoka Fellow, Ashoka Innovators for the Public. Early Life and background: emigration from Guatemala, experiences of family as undocumented immigrants, service as advocate for family and other immigrants; first career in field of public health with focus on immigrant education and advocacy; pursuit of graduate degree in journalism at University of California, Berkeley: work with Robert A. Calo, experience as News21 fellow, exploration of digital spiritual practices in Second Life, research project on Guatemalan art; Columbia Center for Oral History Summer Institute: relationship of oral history to journalism, undergraduate thesis utilizing oral history; career in journalism and plan to incorporate oral history.

Subjects

• Andrade, Kara--Interviews.
• Carnegie Corporation of New York.
• Charitable uses, trusts, and foundations--Political activity.
• Clark, Mary Marshall, interviewer.--http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/ivr
• Education, Higher--Africa.
• Endowments.
• Gregorian, Vartan.
• Guatemala.
• Illegal immigration.
• Interviews.
• Journalists--Interviews.
• Libraries--Africa.
• Noncitizens.
• Oral histories (literary works)

Access Conditions

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