Interview with Molly Wharton and Marlene Cartter for Ethnic Studies 110 about Marlene Cartter's personal history and heritage. [00:00:00] Interview begins with a discussion of Cartter's family traditions, ethnicity, holiday celebrations, and family stories. [00:06:46] Cartter then describes growing up in San Gabriel and the neighbors, as well as her first encounters with class differences and discrimination in grammar school. [00:20:20] She then continues by describing her experiences in high school and having a class counselor advise her to not take college preparation courses and instead prepare to become a secretary once she left high school. [00:26:00] Carter then describes the difficulties of working and going to Cal State Los Angeles without support or a mentor. [00:30:00] She then explains her first job volunteering for Bobby Kennedy's campaign, and her subsequent jobs with the Farm Worker's Union, Congressmen, and for a Santa Barbara Supervisor. [00:40:30] Molly Wharton then asks about Cartter's plans for retirement and any worries she has about Social Security, and Cartter expresses her interest in beading.