Betty Reyes
May 9, 2025
Harvard, IL
Betty introduces herself and her family, who also transitioned from migrant farmworkers to resident farmworkers at Twin Gardens in Harvard, IL.
Betty recalls life as a migrant farmworker and how her family located Twin Gardens.
Betty begins to describe her childhood and growing up at Twin Gardens.
Betty continues sharing childhood memories - including the Blizzard of 1979.
Betty describes the different housing available to farmworkers at Twin Gardens.
Betty describes her transition from child to worker at Twin Gardens.
Betty recalls what it was like to go into the town of Harvard as a child.
Betty explains how the Catholic church served farmworkers at Twin Gardens.
Betty begins to describe the transition from living at Twin Gardens to living in Harvard.