Our Younger Selves

Reviewing the teenage years of two Asian American millennials and how they met in the most millennial way!

Shailyn Schaefer and her boyfriend Matthew Buizon talk about his life growing up as an Asian-American in the United States.

In this interview, conducted virtually in November 2021, Shailyn Schaefer (17) interviews her boyfriend Matthew Buizon (19) about his childhood growing up as an Asian-American being Filipino and American. Matthew shares his thoughts on the Filipino community and explains his...

Life of my Mom

In this interview, conducted on June 3, 2018, in Chicago, Illinois, I interviewed my mother Dinh Luong. We talked about Dinh’s life in America as a Vietnamese immigrant. They also talk about life in Dinh’s home country. We also recount...

Growing Up Asian American

Jade is interviewing her 14 year old brother, Pau Khual, about his experience growing up as an Asian American.

Nash and her sister Onyx discuss her childhood and adolescence as first generation Bengali-Americans.

Nash Alamgir (16) and Onyx Alamgir (21) and discuss her childhood and adolescence. She touches on subjects of mental health and how it was negatively affected with the American education system. Through classic stories of her teenage years, Onyx discusses...

Family Conversations

This interview we mostly talked about where she grew up in and how that affected who she is today. Connecting to how her family raised her with all the traditions that they had.

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Kim Moriyama and Charles Minkler

One Small Step conversation partners Kim Moriyama (54) and Charles "Charly" Minkler (66) talk about their upbringing, political beliefs and their struggles as outsiders.

Sophie Chen Chia and Romaine Kuo Chuang, 9/16/23

Sophie and her maternal grandmother, Romaine, discuss how immigration impacts identity.

: Delaney Spinney and her boss Dave Chew sit down to talk about earning a Dairy Queen.

In this interview, conducted in March of 2020 in Quincy, Massachusetts, Delaney Spinney (18) interviews her boss Dave Chew (80) about his childhood in the city where they both now work. Mr., Chew shares stories about his childhood growing up...

Diversity and Faith: Shared and Divergent Experiences

I talked with my dad about our unique experiences of growing up as a visible minority, and our respective relationships with faith.

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Tatiana Cox Lopez and Mario Cruz

Tatiana Cox Lopez (37) and her husband and business partner, Mario R. Cruz (47), discuss the stresses of having a two-month-old baby during the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, sustaining their family during the pandemic yet being able to establish...