Voices of the Diaspora: Virginia Pena
Channel: Brian d' Lagoa
Date: 17/01/2019

Virginia Rosalyn Souza Pena, a first generation Cape Verdean Cape Codder, was born in 1927 and is a life long resident of the Town of Harwich. Her parents were Elvira Rose and Joseph Souza. She married Jack Pena and raised three sons: Paul, Jack and Peter Pena. 

Virginia is an amazing artist and teacher. Her quilting and art work has been on display at the Smithsonian Museum during the Cape Verdean Exhibit, the Boston Museum of Art, and at the Harwich Historical Society.

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Obrigado to Punkhorn Productions, the Cape Verdean Heritage Oral History Project, & Angelina Raneo Chilaka for producing such wonderful content and allow me to use it. I'm following your wishes of keeping the content Creative Commons and free for all. Again, thank you.