“Estoy aquí, estoy allá”: Stories of Transnational Dominican Migrants and Their Retirement

Abstract

This article is based on the oral histories of three Dominican migrant retirees conducted as part of the Dominican Oral History Project at Bronx Community College between 2007 and 2014 and focuses on what transnational retirement means to these three individuals. The authors use Neil Lunt’s and Claudio Bolzman et al.’s understandings of retirement to frame their analysis and highlight familial ties, health care, cost of living, belonging, and citizenship. In addition, the authors provide a brief life story of these three interviewed Dominican migrants. Finally, the authors suggest that future studies would benefit from a focus on bicultural ethnic identity and return migration.