Candelaria Carranza, or Candida for short amongst her family, was born in San Francisco de Yojoa, Cortés, Honduras where she spent her first 4 years at Raùl Zaladivar Elementary in Río Lindo, San Francisco de Yojoa, Honduras. She finished her education in the 6th grade in San Pedro Sula, Cortés at the Centro de Educación Básica Dr. Presentación Centeno. Her career goal was to be a history teacher for how much interest she had in history, but unfortunately, she could not fulfill her goals due to financial reasons. The only occupation that Candida had was as a stay-at-home mom. Now in her late 70s, she lives with two of her grandchildren and stays home relaxing and watching TV.
Some events that made an important impact on her life were the presidential elections of 1998 with the Liberal Party’s presidential candidate Carlos Flores Facussé, as well as the 2006 presidential elections with presidential candidate Manuel Zelaya Rosales. Former President of Honduras Carlos Flores Facussé was a person who greatly inspired Candida to become a huge activist for her political party, someone who had her on the streets either on foot or in a car, waving the Liberal Party’s flag and advocating for the people to go out and vote. A few years later she assisted in rounding up hundreds of people in her city to go and vote and helped Manuel Zelaya gain the presidency in 2006.
Interviewed by: Alex G. Sanchez, USC Upstate
