Sarah Cordova and Samuel Teresi
Sarah Cordova and Samuel Teresi Sarah Cordova and Samuel Teresi Sarah Cordova and Samuel Teresi Sarah Cordova and Samuel Teresi

Sarah Cordova and Samuel Teresi

Recorded July 16, 2023 Archived July 16, 2023 01:01:19
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Description

Sarah Cordova (38) and Samuel Teresi (66) discuss their upbringing, their faith, the importance of family and differences of opinion around non-binary gender identity.

Subject Log / Time Code

2:30
Samuel Teresi shares that he enjoys conversing with all people. Sarah Cordova grew up around a mix of people in New York and continues to foster this.
6:16
Sam talks about growing up in a mostly white neighborhood where most everybody went to the Catholic School. He shares the death of his father when he was two and the strength of his mother raising children, stressing the importance of family.
15:11
Sarah shares her experiences growing up with a Catholic father and Jewish mother. She reflects upon how things are passed down and in terms of what we inherit and what we choose to foster.
18:30
Sam and Sarah recounts their experience working as therapists and dealing with family trauma and brokenness.
22:00
Sam talks about his mother being the first to attend college and the emphasis she put on her children's education.
25:00
Sam talks about the difference between his spirituality which involves a relationship with God as opposed to his brother's faith.
33:00
Sarah remembers growing up feeling lost in all the different viewpoints available to her. She now considers herself to be agnostic, finding more spirituality in nature than in man-made structures.
37:00
Sam shares his experience suffering from an undiagnosed serious illness, and the guidance he found through prayer leading towards diagnosis and healing.
45:00
Sam shares his frustration with the politics of Democrats and Republicans and doesn't see the division the media reports. He believes in the Constitution. He doesn't see unity.
49:30
Sarah talks about her gender non-conforming children. Sam is against his daughter competing athletically against people assigned men at birth. He tells a "joke."
55:00
Sarah expresses that she doesn't have the answers, but she is open to different cultures and genders.
56:53
Sam thinks non-binary people are confused and doesn't understand why the culture says it's ok now when it didn't used to be ok and is willing to take a stand on this.
58:30
Sam recognizes that they have a lot of similarities and differences but that as a more mature person can take a full stand.
59:44
Sarah values that he takes a strong stance but also stresses openness.

Participants

  • Sarah Cordova
  • Samuel Teresi

Venue / Recording Kit

Partnership

Partnership Type

Outreach

Initiatives