Authors: Aida Hernandez interviewed by Claro de los Reyes

Date: Time Period: ca. 1980

Subject: Filipino Americans | Neighborhoods | Communities

Type: Oral history

Identifier: aql:34055

Description: Aida remembers the community being really close in Woodside. Friends and neighbors were like family. She would go to Cunningham Park a lot. Aida moved out Woodside for safety reasons.

Authors: Aida Hernandez interviewed by Claro de los Reyes

Date: Time Period: 1978 - 1981

Subject: Filipino Americans | Restaurants | Cooking, Philippine

Type: Oral history

Identifier: aql:34054

Description: Aida opened a Filipino restaurant in Jackson Heights on Roosevelt Avenue between 73rd and 74th Street, people really liked her food. Famous people would come to her restaurant. She had the restaurant ... More

Authors: Aida Hernandez interviewed by Claro de los Reyes

Date: Time Period: 1970's - 2015

Subject: Filipino Americans | Neighborhoods | Communities | Martial law | Restaurants

Type: Oral history

Identifier: aql:34056

Description: In this interview, Aida Hernandez spoke about her life growing up in the Philippines, and about the turmoil and martial law there in the early 1970’s. She talks about her journey from Turkey to New Yo ... More

Authors: Aida Hernandez interviewed by Claro de los Reyes

Date: Time Period: ca. 1970

Subject: Filipino Americans | Martial law | Student protesters

Type: Oral history

Identifier: aql:34057

Description: Aida Hernandez talks about how there was martial law in the Philippines in the early 1970's and how students were beaten and killed for joining the rally against President Ferdinand E. Marcos. Buses w ... More