Zoila Garcia

Authors

Zoila Garcia
Demir Sanal, Florida International University

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This interview follows Zoila Garcia, an 18-year-old who works outdoors in a plant nursery. Zoila explains how many of her concerns stem from the lack of protections for outdoor workers, as well as the mistreatment of outdoor workers by people overseeing the farms. She recounts some of her experiences when she was new to this line of work and didn’t fully understand how strict the rules were and how far-reaching the lack of protections are. For example, once Zoila was reprimanded for taking a fifteen-minute bathroom and water break instead of a five-minute one.

Publication Date

10-7-2023

Publisher

Florida International University

City

Homestead, Florida

Disciplines

Public Policy | Social Justice

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Video Length: 00:19:46

Biography: Zoila Garcia is an 18-year-old Guatemalan woman working in the agriculture industry. She is an outdoor worker at a plant nursery in South Florida and a We Count! Member.

Recommended Citation

Garcia, Zoila and Sanal, Demir, "Zoila Garcia" (2023). Después del Desierto: An Oral History of Women Agricultural Workers in South Florida. 3.
https://digitalcommons.fiu.edu/we-count-student-oral-histories/3