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Friends and soul sisters Natasha Herring (48) and Virginia Vasquez (40) remember their grandparents' life and talk about how they have been influenced by them at various stages in life.

Laurent Sanchez (34) talks to her husband, James Barnes (32), about their first year of marriage, meeting family in Colombia, and future family plans.

Natalia Horcasitas (40) and her brother Richard Horcasitas (43) share memories of growing up in Yuma and having a tight knit community of neighbors and friends.

Faryal Atif (no age provided) shares with conversation partner Franchesca Peña (no age provided) her story of coming to Lafayette, Louisiana and the ways she has acclimated to a new place that has now become home.

Darlene Castillo (29) interviews her mentee Jade Vargas (18) about her involvement in modeling and pageantry as a Latina, her experience as an Hermanita with the organization MANA de Albuquerque, and her goals for her future. Jade also reflects on...

Spouses, Lorena “Lori” Edwards (43) and Tyler Edwards (41), discuss family dynamics and their experience being in the public eye because of their daughter’s identity.

Monika Nikore [no age given] has a conversation with her mother, Vimal Nikore (86), about her life in India, both before and after the Partition of 1947.

Maria "Terry" Dominquez (57) speaks with her nephew Phillip Casanova (28) about her career as a rescue medical firefighter, the deployment during the 9/11 terrorist attacks, and her reflections almost 20 years later.

Sarah Justus (24) interviews her grandmother Rosa Benedicto (77) about Rosa's immigration from Ciuadad Juarez, Mexico to Chicago, Illinois. Rosa would eventually settle in El Paso, Texas. The pair also discuss Rosa's marriage and love story with her late husband.

Monika Nikore [no age given] has a second conversation with her mother, Vimal Nikore (86). This conversation adds greater detail to Vimal's childhood which includes the 1947 Partition of India.

Aracely Esquivel Noriega (51) habla con su hijo Jesus Gerardo Noriega Esquivel (21) sobre Mexico, sus cuatro hijos, y la vida en Colorado. (Aracely Esquivel Noriega (51) talks with her son Jesus Gerardo Noriega Esquivel (21) about Mexico, her 4...

Friends Jennifer Ramos-Chavez (39) and Chelsie Evaldi (39) discuss growing up and raising families in El Paso, being first-generation Mexican-Americans, and the ways they have overcome obstacles to achieve their goals and give back to their community.

Marina Monsisvais (45) entrevista a sus padres, Sylvia Monsisvais (71) y Mauro Monsisvais (71), sobre su inmigración a los Estados Unidos desde Ciudad Juárez, México. Los dos emigraron sin saber inglés pero tenían un fuerte deseo de lograr sus metas...

Good friends Carmel Viado (41) and Eva Dhimi (33) discuss how COVID has impacted their individual career paths and the work they have been doing to seek new ventures for themselves during this time.

Sofia Feliciano (76) cuenta a su hija, Jocelyn Feliciano (43) sobre su niñez y su vida en la República Dominicana y Nueva York. [Sofia Feliciano (76) tells her daughter Jocelyn (43) about her childhood, her family and her life in...

Friends Michelle MacFadyen (57) and Hector LaSala (74) discuss Hector's journey to Louisiana from El Salvador and their work together with asylum seekers, mainly Spanish-speaking Latin American women.

Jose "Hermilo" Rivera (74) habla con su hija Dorelia Rivera (46) sobre su vida creciendo en Durango y atendiendo un seminario desde los 10 años, trabajando entre los E.U. y Mexico y despues mudándose a Chicago a unirse con su...

Brothers Pendar Khosravi (35) and Payvand Khosravi (33) talk about being Persian and what it was like growing up in Alpharetta, Georgia.

Friends Geneliz Herrera (18) and Tyler Kebreau (18) ask each other questions about their lives. They discuss their passions, families, regrets, hopes, and ways in which they've grown.

Colleagues Margarita [No Name Given] (31) and Pat Medige (57) share a conversation about immigration, focusing in particular on Margarita's experience coming to the United States and eventually gaining DACA status. Margarita also reflects on the importance of education to...

Anna Paloma Williams (32) asks her mother, Luz Kenyon (58), about what life was like for her as she immigrated to the United States from Mexico and raised her children in a new country. They also discuss the female role...

Sara Skinner (49) interviews her friend and colleague Chantale Niyonkuru (23) about her upbringing, culture, life experiences, and journey from a refugee camp in Tanzania to graduating college in Boise, Idaho.

Ashe [No Name Given] (41) talks with her father, Robert "Rob" [No Name Given] (71), about his childhood in Troy, New York, and being part of an Armenian American family.

Zachary Johnson (39) has a conversation with his mom, Sheila Zachariah (70), to celebrate her recent birthday and Mother's Day.

New acquaintances and "name brothers" Daniel "Dan" Horowitz (85) and Daniel Horowitz Garcia (53) have a conversation about their shared name and their career path as historians.