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my mother who is 40 and me Ivan Rodriguez who is 17 years old. I interview my mother about her past and how it was to be a young mother

One Small Step partners Annette Bergins (86) and Jim Chojnacki [no age given] discuss how formative experiences with their families and the neighborhoods they grew up in influence their political views.

Catherine Bell, a woman who grew up in the South Side of Chicago raised in a half functional, half distinctions household, shares the story of her life, some of her memories, and what she thinks is her greatest success. She...

This is a conversation between me and my mother based on her life experience and what she went through to give me lessons and an adventure of scenes of distinct cultures. It can also be seen the ideologies that she...

Discussing aspects of being an immigrant in the United States

Sharon's storied life starts in Michigan, shipping off to the convent at age 13, finding herself in her 20s, then marrying a Polish bus driver in her 30s, and starting a new life chapter. Gain the wisdom of a woman...

She mostly talked about her dad being a very strong man and taking care of her family. Her and her mom watch movies every New Year on her mother’s birthday. Her mother passed away when she was 15 years old....

When the war broke out, Merry's father and brother were sent to concentrations camps where they were killed. She was sent to a separate camp from her mother, but managed to find one another later in Zakopane, Poland after the...

Father Frank DeSiano calls himself a "lifer." He entered the Paulist junior seminary as a teenager. That was more than 45 years ago. He's a noted leader in evangelization or sharing of the Catholic faith. Father Frank has been the...

How my mother, Heidi, has gotten to where she is and how her own family impacted her identity.

Dick Pettigrew talks to Marilyn Graham about his life for the Peace Community Church project "Celebrate the 90s."

About a Norwegian woman who grew up in Chicago. She is a flight attendant, wife, and a mother of 3 kids.

My grandmother tell about her life childhood to adulthood

Betty O'Connor (64) interviews her mother, Milly Murphy (93), about her childhood, marriage to her husband, and her earliest memories from the 1930s in Sapulpa, Oklahoma.

My name is Elena Serrano, I'm 15 and I interviewed my mom, Monica Serrano, who is 45. We discussed topics about her childhood. Such as, what she wanted to be when she was younger to the worst trouble she ever...

Megan Kilroe interviewed Barbara Benz on November 23, 2017 in Chicago, Illinois. Megan is a 16 year old girl, and she attends Mother McAuley Liberal Arts High School as a junior. Barbara Benz is her great aunt, and she is...

Mother and daughter have a conversation about how marriage and relationships function.

During this interview we talked about her life. Her overall outlook on life, her ups and downs, and her memories.

Collete is a strong 75 year old women who adores her family and neighbors. She had a fun and adventurous childhood but there were some twist and turns. She grew up in Chicago and later moved to the Eastside, life...

An interview with my mother who was an immigrant from Poland.

In this interview, conducted in Chicago, Illinois, Ulises Martinez, my father, shared with me some of the relationships he had with his family and friends. Some of them being very happy and other really sad, he shares what he had...

In this interview, I spent some time with my grandmother as she discussed her daring mother’s trip from Italy to America, her childhood in the face of poverty, her parents’ influence on her life, her experience in the military, and...

My mother and I talked about mainly her teenage years. How it was like when she waas younger and just refelcting, on where the wind has taken my mother...

Twin sisters Rhonda Winters (47) and Rebecca "Becki" Kuchenberg (47) share memories of small town life.

This is a story of Elizabeth and Grant and her journey through life from childhood to adult hood.