Contact: Melissa Abernathy, 201-656-2240, pr @ hobokenmuseum.org
Milca Guzman – All the Salsa!
Milca Guzman and her family arrived in the United States from the Dominican Republic, and after a few years in Boston, made their home in Hoboken. Milca recalls the lively city of the 1970s, where about 40% of the population was Spanish speaking. Residents danced in the streets to music pouring out of windows and men played dominos on the sidewalks. But it was also a time of fear and danger for tenants like Milca, as threats of arson mounted in the gentrifying city. Milca recalls those hard times and also her abiding joy in her family, the children she keeps safe as a security guard in the public schools, and her love of the city she calls home.