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In the interview, made on December 3, 2019, Donato Hernandez (39) talks about his childhood where he and his cousins/neighbors played sport (soccer) in the rain and they were blithe because they thought it is fun being in this weather,...

Ke'Shawn Collins (22) speaks with his mother, Alena Collins (40), about his gratitude for her support through his artistic career, and Alena expresses pride in her son's work. Both discuss life lessons and values they have leaned on throughout their...

about her husband and her kid and mostly her beloved dad who currently has passed away

One Small Step conversation partners David Wiebe (67) and Anthony Byrd (66) discuss family, religion, and the transformative moments that shaped their beliefs.

[Recorded Monday, February 26, 2024] UVA students Lauren Vaillancourt (19) from Yorktown, VA, and Anika Wadehra (19) from Loudoun County, VA, recorded a One Small Step conversation as part of their course "Democracy and Public Service." Both students grew up...

Granddaughter Maimuna interviews her Nana, Loistine, on her life.

Catherine Grella (21) talks with a friend, Susan Martins (77) about her close relationship with her two sisters, her childhood, and the family dynamics that have shaped her into the woman that she is today.

We talked about how my mom found the job she would want to do for a living, something I’m stuffing with at the moment

Mary Caravalho's mother died young of cancer and Mary honored her mother by taking on her mother's role of staying in touch with her cousin Judy throughout Judy's life. Now Mary honors her cousin Judy by uncovering and telling the...

Caroline Fitzgerald (19) talks with Tessa Doody (22) about how she is navigating through the COVID-19 pandemic as an emerging adult who is making the transition from college life to the real world. She discusses how the pandemic has impacted...

Naomi Yanis, interviewed by Leah Chodosh, discusses her relationships within her family and how they've both changed and impacted her throughout the years. Naomi talks about the importance of shared personal values and how those values determine and shape her...

On 12/3/21 In Flint,MI Linda Black and Her Granddaughter Kyndall Dotson has a conversation about the trial’s and tribulations in her life and also talk about her experience in the south.

Mark and Emily, father and daughter, sit down to discuss the evolution of how debating (mostly arguing) politics has oddly brought them closer together, even though their ideas and beliefs couldn't be further apart. It was a process!

This is our ethnographic interview. We had fun talking about daily topics like life updates, school, family, and friends.

Mother and daughter Robin [no age given] and Carla [no age given] discuss Carla's daughter, Talia, who died of Tay-Sachs disease at 23 months old. They talk about their relationship around this experience and discuss discovery of strengths and connections.

My father Roberto (50) telling his 17 year old daughter his struggles of him coming to this country at the age of 16 and leaving the on going war in El Salvador, his pride in his family

Carried on from part one. Family relationships of Sharon Mudryk

Thomas Williams (72) speaks to niece, Mysia Cole [no age given], about his upbringing in Arkansas, time in the military, and the importance of family,

The last place Louis Bourassa and his family imagined he would go was the military. Grace Bourassa, age 14, sits down with her dad, Louis Bourassa, on November 14, 2018, in Valley Village, California. She asks about the Marines and...

Recount of the 9/11 attacks. Discussed emotions, whereabouts, and personal accounts.

Close friends Sarah Lister (52) and Jef Evans (51) look back on their shared memories from growing up in a conservative community connected to the West Gate Baptist Church in Tampa, Florida.

Johanna Rucker (75) sits down with her friend, Saundra Kelley (73), to discuss their experiences growing up in the U.S. South in the 1950s and 1960s.

John Rouff (37) and his mother Barbara Rouff (73) discuss life as a son and a mother in an 11 child household.

[Recorded: November 22, 2022] Flannery (23) and Marie (69) have a One Small Step conversation in Charlottesville, VA. A nursing student at the University of Virginia, Flannery desires to understand how to apply the teachings of her faith in the...

Three high school juniors from Stone Ridge School of the Sacred Heart in Bethesda, Maryland talk with each other about how they adapted to being a student in the time of Coronavirus.