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We talked about my mom's childhood and her journey coming to the U.S.

My Grandmother grew up during World War II and migrated to America when she was 11. She had a very unique childhood and believes that the people of my generation should try to get good, basic education to lay a...

Interview with my dad

On November 25, 2018 in Pocantico Hills, New York (in the house that I live in now and the house that my mom's family lived in before) I interviewed my maternal grandfather, my Poppia, Iand rned new things about him.

In this interview, conducted in November 2017 in Chantilly, VA, Cindy Nguyen interviews Ms. Black about her childhood and life. Ms. Black shares her stories on how New York and changes, like a sudden adventure in the military, has made...

In this interview, conducted on November 28th, 2017 in Norfolk Collegiate School, Virginia, Claire Fornsel (almost sixty) tells her student Emma Lu (17) what was her childhood like and how she decided to be a teacher. Ms. Fornsel is known...

My grandfather talks about how he lived in Kiev during his early life and his first jobs in both Russia and The U.S.

While intended on talking about the past personal live of a mother that a child wanted to know more about actually became a conversation more about our changing society and what that means for families.

My grandfather spoke of his life born in Camagüey and moving to havana and then his life going throughout up until Castro and my grandmother did about the same.

My mom described her first experience living in the United States emigrating from the Philippines in comparison to her childhood there.

On November 24th in Los Angeles California, 14-year-old Jason Marounian interviewed his dad, Arthur Marounian. Arthur Marounian was an immigrant from Lebanon. He came to America because of the civil war in 1983. When Arthur was a kid he played...

I interviewed my parents, thanksgiving talk.

I just asked some questions about my mom and found out some things that I never knew before. I figured out what her childhood was like and her growing up. It was nice to have her share her experiences with...

my grandpa and i talked about him growing up. we also talked about his relationship with my grandma.

This interview was conducted with my mother, Vanessa Steckel, in which I asked her about her childhood, work life, and about me. This interview was heartfelt and it told me more about my mother that I may not have known...

She was a good sport about the interview even though she doesn't like having to answer on the spot. I spent most of my interview asking her about her childhood and memories in general.

Lisa Pfeffer talks about her life growing up on Long Island in an Italian-American family. She discusses being moved to Texas at 12 years old, and facing prejudices for being different. She reflects on her childhood 1700 miles away from...

Hannya Kandil (16) talks with her brother, Ahmad Kandil (14) about the several months of quarantine during the Covid-19 pandemic.

This was an interview that I did with my mom that really just talked about her culture, childhood, my childhood, raising children, her job and her story.

On Thanksgiving day I sit down and ask my grandmother questions about her life and her memories of me.

Goes through the life of a young Italian girl living with her parents and growing up with Italian immigrant parents

This is an interview with my grandma, about her childhood and the difference between growing up today compared to her time, 80 years ago. She grew up in Los Angeles, during the end of the Great Depression and World War...

Emil talks about his life as a kid in Poland during communism and explains what it was like moving to America

Jenny Madox talks about her experience as a child going through her parents divorce and all that came with it.

Talked about being a parent and raising children. As well as how life was growing up in Vietnam and how it compares to the United States. Lastly we conversed about hopes for me and my siblings in the future.