Latine Southern Ohio / Latine del Sur de Ohio: A Bilingual Oral History Collection / Una Colección de Historia Oral Bilingüe

Interview with Hector Reffit

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Collection

Latine Southern Ohio / Latine del Sur de Ohio

Interview Date

9-10-2022

Interviewee

Hector Reffit, Jennifer Reffit

Transcriber

Celine Lamb

Original Language of Interview

English

Translator

Ileana Perez

Contributor Affiliation / Organization

Southern Ohio Folklife, Inc.

Interview Length

1 hour 15 minutes

Publisher

Center for Public History at Shawnee State University

Recording Format

audio

Description

Hector discusses his childhood in Mexico, his and his siblings’ adoption process and move to Minford Ohio. He also discusses his changing relationship to religion throughout his life and his calling to become a pastor. Finally, Hector addresses some of the challenges he has faced as a person of Mexican descent and the challenges, particularly related to language, that members of the southern Ohio Latino community faces.

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