Estrada, Roberta. Interview November 3, 2022

Roberta Estrada is a Luiseño woman from the San Luis Rey Mission Band tribe. She grew up in Vista, CA and was educated throughout the North County school districts. She attended college, earning both Spanish and General Education degrees. She taught ESL in the San Marcos Unified District for thirty-two years. After retirement, she became more involved in the Indigenous community and learned basketry. She accompanies her cousin, Diania Caudell, on school group presentations and teaches audiences about basket-weaving and native plants. Estrada is proud of her Luiseño heritage, and continues reconnecting with family members and getting involved in Indigenous community activities. Estrada also discusses in her interview, the process of tribal recognition with the United States government, teaching English to Vietnam refugees, and the Prohoroff Chicken Ranch.

2022-11-03

California State University San Marcos University Library

Roberta Estrada

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Oral Histories

Community history, Native American experience, North County Oral History Initiative

Roberta Estrada, “Estrada, Roberta. Interview November 3, 2022,” Voices of North County, accessed May 1, 2024, https://archivesoralhistories.csusm.edu/items/show/208.