{"id":121,"date":"2018-07-08T15:07:14","date_gmt":"2018-07-08T15:07:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/questastories.org\/?p=121"},"modified":"2026-04-25T19:08:53","modified_gmt":"2026-04-26T01:08:53","slug":"oral-history-of-kate-cisneros-part-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/questastories.org\/index.php\/2018\/07\/08\/oral-history-of-kate-cisneros-part-1\/","title":{"rendered":"Oral History of Kate Cisneros, Part 1"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"121\" class=\"elementor elementor-121\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-332ade77 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"332ade77\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-623af1f8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"623af1f8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-122\" src=\"https:\/\/questastories.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/k_cisneros_6-14-18_gmcgahee.jpg?w=243\" alt=\"\" width=\"243\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/questastories.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/k_cisneros_6-14-18_gmcgahee.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/questastories.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/k_cisneros_6-14-18_gmcgahee-243x300.jpg 243w, https:\/\/questastories.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/k_cisneros_6-14-18_gmcgahee-830x1024.jpg 830w, https:\/\/questastories.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/k_cisneros_6-14-18_gmcgahee-768x948.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 243px) 100vw, 243px\" \/>Kate was born and raised in Cerro, NM, went to school in Cerro, then Questa High School, was married at 18 and soon after became a mother of two children. She worked as a cashier for much of her life and then went into cooking, which she loves. She takes seriously her responsibilities as a mother and with her volunteer work in her community. At the time of the interview, she was the co-director of the North Central NM Food Pantry.<\/p><p><strong>Date of Interview: <\/strong>June 14, 2018<strong><br \/>Interviewers:<\/strong>\u00a0Gaea McGahee and Claire Cot\u00e9<br \/><strong>Location:<\/strong>\u00a0Home of Kate Cisneros, Questa<br \/><strong>Topics:<\/strong>\u00a0Life story, family, food pantry, community, traditional foods, family traditions, local traditions, traditional foods, food preservation, early memories, school, then and now, creativity with food<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-66a379b elementor-widget elementor-widget-slide-compact-player\" data-id=\"66a379b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"slide-compact-player.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t<div class=\"swp_music_player compact-player\" id=\"mpfe_6a28eef08c7a8\" data-autoplay=\"no\" data-playmode=\"repeat\" 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