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antonio Núñez is a migrant.
 

Paula Núñez Amado · 15 enero 2018 21:10


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My dad called Antonio was born in Santiago, he was teaching there from 1975 to 1977 that he moved to Esteiro (Muros). In 1979 he emigrated to Salceda de Caselas to work until 1990 where he worked and works in Vedra. In 1994 he moved to Ames. He went to Vedra the 1th of september of 1990 and he went to Vedra five days a week..He goes to Vedra when he had 42 years old because he had a job in it. My dad is a teacher of primary and he has been teaching at the school of Vedra for almost 28 years and will continue until next year. Besides he is a teacher he was boss of studies. Now he is teacher and secretary. He teaches Maths,spanish language,galician language,history and biology.

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Ángel Valentín Tajuelo Gil is a migrant
 

Celia Tajuelo Sánchez · 18 enero 2018 21:19


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My father was born in Ferrol in 1965 and traveled to Kenosha, Wisconsin, USA, in 1968 when he was 4 years old, because his father, my grandfather, had to go to learn how to make warships because he was a Lieutenant, weapons specialist, until 1970 when he returned to Ferrol with 6 years.
Even though he once traveled to other places like Cartagena, he only went on vacation for a few weeks.

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Antonio De La Torre is a migrant
 

Laura de la Torre González · 18 enero 2018 22:27


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After working with tempory contracts in the provincial savings bank of Pontevedra offer him the possibility of a transfer to Madrid within the financial institution itself, and a more extensive.

He landed in Madrid on March 19 of the year 95 with only 25 years and no previous experience of living alone away fron his family.

The first months learnt to cook, iron and live alone, he worked in neighborhood of Salamanca (Madrid) for 8 years, in those years he made a lot of friends and acquired a lot of experience in banking from her director and friend Jesus Rubio and her assistant director and also friend Conchita, he tells me that they were wonderful years of experience.

In the year 97 my father although he worked in Madrid he went to live in Toledo for sentimental reasons (my mother lived and worked in Toledo), after spending a time traveling from Toledo to Madrid every day, he gets the Bank to transfer him to the new Parla office voluntarily in 2003 and thus to get closer to his residence.

In 2004 I was born, and in 2005 he got to live and work in Toledo, with his previous and more recent director Javier they initiate a new project of the bank opening the first office of Castilla-La Mancha ,During the ten years that my father lived in Toledo, he remembers him with great affection both at work and at personal level .

In 2007 when he returned to Galicia (Santiago de Compostela) he left behind many friends whom he considers family and with whom he continues to maintain contact via social networks

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Luz is a migrant
 

Andrea Rodríguez Ramos · 7 febrero 2018 16:20


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My mother was born in Burela (Lugo). When she was some months old she and her family migrated to Coruña because her parents got a job in Coruña.

When my mather was three years old her parents and she migrated to Cariño is a town nears to coruña.

In 1979 when my mother was 6 years old my grandparents and she moved to Telde in Gran Canaria, they migrated also for her parents got a new job.

When my mother was nine years old, she migrated to Nois a small town of Foz (Lugo) becouse my grand father got a better job in this town.

My mother lived in Nois five years, when she was 14 years old, she returned to Burela in Lugo. Her parents and she returned to Burela because they want have a better life.

The 20 of september when my mother was adult. She migrated to Santiago de Compostela because she wanted study quimic in the university of Santiago de Compostela.

In 2003 my mother migrated with my father to Ames. They migrated thinked that in this place they had a better life.

My mother did all days since 2003 a pendular migration she went to Brión all mornings to work.

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Claudia is a migrant
 

Adriana Cifuentes Zamalloa · 19 enero 2018 20:01


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Claudia was born on 2 September 1996 in Madrid, Spain. She lived there for 2 years. Then she and my fathers migrated to galicia, ames because they didn´t like live in a city. When Claudia was 17 she went to a institute of Santiago de Compostela and she made pendular migration every week.
When she finished, she went to Barcelona to study medicine in a good university. She studied for 2 years and she decided move to Portugal, Lisbon because she love see another countrys and places. Now she lives there.
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