Questions for a Pakistani-American

33 years ago, my father made the biggest step of his life and moved to the United States of America from Pakistan at the age of 17. Here is the story of his high and low moments as well as...

Growing up in California with Immigrant Parents

Speaking to Alicia Soto about her childhood growing up in California with Immigrant parents. This was recorded in Orange California in April 23, 2020. Alicia is 44 who came to the United Stated when she was 3 and tells her...

Mema and Pepa’s Immigration

My grandmother, Mema, tells about her immigration to the United States. She tells stories about her life before arriving to the United States. She also talks about her children as they grew up.

New Beginning

learning the struggles of moving to the u.s from an immigrant

Mama actually goes to California

Mama Miller shares her experience of moving with her husband from the East coast to southern California.

Aunt

Interview is about someone who came to the U.S. as an immigrant.

Claire and Peter Warton

A Bridge of Hope; Peter and Claire look back on their life together that began when Claire met Peter when she he was 6 and she 16 and how they reconnected 20 years later when Claire was a violist in...

critical family history project

Teresa Villegas, 16, interviews her dad, Luis Villegas, 53, of his life and immigration story.

Zulina’s Immigration Story

After being abandoned by Zulina’s father, her mother decided to leave everything behind and start a new life for her and her two daughters and head to the United States to find a job, give a better education to them,...

Interviewing Pio Hernández

I asked my father about his childhood, growing up with his parents in a small farm and a small town, then making his way to the US where he would start a new chapter in his life.

Julie Rolph talks about how her faith has deeply impacted her life

This interview was conducted on April 22, 2019. Hallie Rolph(18) has a conversation with her mother Julie (54) about religion and how it has impacted her life. Julie talks about how God has given her strength and helped her realize...

“I Want Ice Cream”

Religion was important to her. She thinks that everything is good and people should remember her as a happy, peppy woman.

Sicilian Grandfather

This interview was about Joseph Cardinale’s childhood, and professions. He worked as a ceramics teacher, Actor, as a butcher, and was also in the navy during the Korean War on the U.S.S. Iowa.

“Forever Grateful”

My mom was born in Salt Lake City, Utah. She went to Highland High school, where he met her husband. She married David Huntsman on July 17,1989. They had eight children together.

Family Roots

This interview was about my father’s life and how he was an immigrant and how he came to the United States of America

Leonard Gillard and Cayce Kaufman

Leonard shares with Cayce his story about his father was in the military and they lived all over only to move back to his home state of Texas and how he reluctantly became a weather man to working in healthcare.