On December 4, 2008, Deolinda Adao, with the assistance of Lionel Goularte, interviewed Joe and Joanne Camara at their home in Hayward. Joe talked extensively about his experience emigrating from the island of Pico at the age of twenty-three, and then his various experiences around the Bay Area, first as a milker and then in construction. Over the course of the interview Joe relates his various responsibilities with several Portuguese-American fraternal organizations, the I.D.E.S. and the U.P.E.C. in particular. Joanne is a Portuguese American, descended on both sides from immigrants from the Azores, one of whom arrived in America long ago on a whaleship. She remarks how Portuguese was always the language spoken in her home as she grew up; and she details her close ties to the community over the course of her lifetime. She notes, for instance, how her family, rather than travel to places such as Disneyland, would spend their vacation time at conventions of the Portuguese societies to which they belonged. And she details her own very significant contributions to the community, including her leadership roles in various Portuguese American organizations over many years.