In this interview, originally recorded in person, Samuel "Sammy" Yoro speaks with Watsonville is in the Heart team member, Hana Yamamoto. Sammy begins by discussing how his father, Sabino Ivanos Yoro came to the United States from the Philippines and eventually settled in Watsonville to work in the lettuce fields. Sammy talks about how he began working with his father harvesting produce in high school and he describes how working in the asparagus fields helped him become a better track and field athlete in high school. Sammy goes on to describe how the agriculture industry evolved over the years and notes the influence of Cesar Chavez on farm labor strikes. Sammy discusses his involvement with The Independent Farmworkers Union. Sammy also talks about his mother, Gregor Otero, who came to Watsonville from New Mexico to start a family and work in the canneries. Sammy reflects on how growing up in a multiracial community affected his views on his parents' interracial marriage, and he remembers his mother's involvement in Filipino community organizations.

In this interview, originally conducted in person, Rosario "Rose" Magdalena Lopez speaks with Watsonville is in the Heart team member Hana Yamamoto. Rose describes how her father, Arsenio "Archie" Soblechero Lopez traveled by ship from the Philippines to California and eventually began working in the fields in Watsonville. She further explains how Archie became sick with tuberculosis from pesticides like DDT that were commonly sprayed in the fields where he worked. His illness led him to quit working in the fields and open a barbershop in Santa Cruz on Mission Street. Rose vividly describes Archie's barbershop, including the smell of Ilokano Food being cooked for lunch and Filipino men gambling, smoking, and even trading produce in the Ace Cardroom that Archie ran in the back. Rose remembers singing Filipino songs at her father's band, Archie and the Islanders. She goes on to speak about her mother, Margaret Yepez Lopez, a Mexican American woman who worked for the canneries and was an outspoken figure in union organizing. Rose details her parents' wedding ceremony in Watsonville in 1948. She reflects fondly on the tight-knit Filipino and Mexican communities in Watsonville, remembering the Filipino social dances, gatherings at the labor camps, and the Filipino men her parents would house and take in as family.