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I interviewed my Grandfather, Walter William Emery. Walter is currently 76 years old and was born on March 15th, 1942.

Eileen Curtis (~70) talks with Jacob Curtis (16) about her experience running a small business during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Colleagues Ivonne Diaz (35) and Sofía Aviant-Mier (22) discuss their experiences as Mexican-Americans in the United States, the political advocacy work they do with the nonprofit Texas Rising, and how they attempt to create work-life boundaries and advocate for themselves.

I interviewed Kimberly about how she ran her janitorial business.

Pediatricians and colleagues Katherine Hoops (39) and Elizabeth Mack (46) discuss their work and their approach to advocacy.

Surviving CoVID in a small town. Listen to the owners of The Spot talk about 2020 and how they made their business into their vision of what they had always wanted in the community of Occoquan

The owner, Sally, of Lost In Time, shares her experience with pandemic and its toll on her business.

Christine Jones (49) shares a conversation with her friend, Ashley Saunders (37), about their advocacy work. Ashley also talks about navigating her own identity when she was younger and about supporting, affirming, and advocating for her children now.

Serena DeJesus (30) shares a conversation with her mother, Billie Sherwood-Bakhshi (48), about her journey to becoming an MMA fighter and an advocate for athletes with autism.

Asher Pearce, 17, and Anna Prillaman, 42. Asher is a student at Trinity Episcopal School in Richmond VA and Anna is the Athletic Director there. We discussed a wide array of topics…starting off pretty surfacey…but really honed in on some...

The Butterfly Pavilion in Holmesberg, Philadelphia, PA is lovingly owned and run by John Cambridge. After a tumultuous start in a dubious situation, John and his small staff that feels like family banded together to make a thriving success of...

Teresa Wells (65) and her mentee, Brendan Gerdts (21), share a conversation about their friendship, their personal growth, their political views, and their hopes for the future.

Rey Ortega (43) interviews his friend Viv [No Name Given] (26) about the art they create through various forms of creative expression and their advocacy work.

Friends and colleagues Baylee Sorenson (32) and Brit Liggett (37) share a conversation about their friendship, the small businesses they run, the role models who have influenced them, and their children. They also discuss how the COVID-19 pandemic has impacted...

Friends and colleagues Ole Hongvanthong (39) and Susan "Sue" Bleil (73) discuss being small business owners in Lancaster county and the importance of community connection.

Chris Lampen-Crowell (63) and Bruce Johnson (68) talk about the process of opening their store Gazelle Sports in Downtown Kalamazoo, Michigan, and the barriers they overcame to make it a success.

Hermanas Elena Martha Varela (61) y Irma Varela (59) entrevistan a su mamá, Maria Guadalupe Rico-Varela (90), sobre las decisiones que hizo en criar a sus hijas empoderadas a seguir la educación en los tiempos cuando no se acostumbraba a...

Kelly Rouba (30) talks to her friend Karen Palazzini (30) about learning to become an advocate for other people with juvenile diabetes, and what it’s like to live a normal life with a disability.

What it’s like to be a young woman in 2018. The challenges, veiwpoints, and struggles

Tom (67) and Jerri (65), husband and wife, talk about their lives together and how their love and work lives have helped them overcome mental illness.

My friend Anne Hermann has long had a passion for and involvement with the field of mental health services, particularly for older adults.

Alexis Simoneau (30) interviews her mentor, Jack Levine (70), about his work as an advocate, the people who inspire him, and the legacy he would like to leave behind.

Joseph shares his story as a troubled youth leading to being incarcerated 5 times before handing his life over to Jesus, and turning his life around. He now has a thriving closet business in Southern California and in his spare...

For many years, John Cosgrove, MSW, P.H. D, has been a trailblazer in the social work profession. His reach impacted Fordham GSS students' professional lives for over 30 years. With international social work and partnership with the United Nations, Dr....

Bakery owners Amy Peterburs (41) and Jennifer Adams (46) discuss their experiences in business, changes in the food service industry post-Covid, and prices, ingredients, quality of scratch baking.