Title	Carmen, Isaia, Gloria, and Elena
Owning Institution	Carmen DeRusha
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Item ID	LFD2017_0143_05_CARMEN_ELISA_ISAIA_GLORIA_ELENA_1965_001
Description	Shown here in this family photograph taken in 1965 is Carmen DeRusha, her parents and older sister. Carmen Elisa Centeno Diaz DeRusha was born on November 11, 1959 in the small town of San Mateo, Colombia. Her parents were both teachers that moved around often for their work, but they finally settled their seven children in Tunja, Boyaca, Columbia-where Carmen would spend the majority of her childhood. Carmen's first job out of college was as a counselor in a public school in Colombia called El Colegio de Boyacá. In the mid-1980s, she took a job as Vice Principal of Academic Affairs at a school in Bogota while she worked on her Masters degree in education and social development. It was here that Carmen met her future husband, music conductor Stanley DeRusha. After finishing her degree, Carmen moved to Connecticut to be with Stanley, who worked at Hartt School of Music at the time, and his two children from a previous marriage. While in Connecticut, she got a job with La Casa de Puerto Rico, first as Coordinator, then as Administrator of the family day care home providers. In 1991, Stanley got a job at Butler University in Indianapolis. After settling in to Indianapolis, Carmen went to volunteer for Purdue Extension's work with migrants, but they offered her a job instead, bringing innovation and education to non-traditional audiences. Carmen and Stanley had their son Cris DeRusha in 1995. Carmen still works at Purdue, but has also been involved with many other community development projects-primarily focused on the far East Side. She created Community Alliance for the Far Eastside, CAFE, became the president of FIESTA Indianapolis, contributed to the merging of Indianapolis area Latino organizations into La Plaza, for which she would also serve as Executive Director.
Subject	Hispanic Americans Hispanic Americans--History
Date	1965
Time Period	1960s (1960-1969)
Geographic Location	Colombia
Source Collection Name	Carmen DeRusha Collection
Source Collection Number	2017.0143
Digital Collection Name	Latino and Hispanic Heritage Collection
Digital Collection Number	dc095
Format of Original	Photographic print, b&w
Digital Format	JP2000
Resolution	600
Notes	IHS does not own the original material. This item was loaned for digitization.
Type	Image
Copyright Notice	Digital Image 2018 Indiana Historical Society. All Rights Reserved.
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