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Talking about growing up in Cuba with my mom

In this interview, conducted in November 2017 in Orlando, Florida, Caroline Biggett interviews her Grandmother, Dolores Biggett about her rich Latin history. Mrs. Biggett shares stories about childhood, parents, accomplishments, education and joys of life.

We talked about her life, her experiences, her job, and her family.

Questions about her life

My grandfather talks about the changes he experienced and how difficult life was growing up in New York with nothing. He discusses his relationship with his brother and some stories from schooling in Cuba. How he managed to overcome immense...

Marian’s life story

This is an interview of the wonderful kind and strong woman Ruth Perez. This describes her immigration to America and raising her family im a foreign land.

Carmen Iglesias was born in a town run by a Boston Sugarmill company in Cuba. Today we interview my grandmother about her time as a citizen in Cuba. We get to hear first hand experience about how Cuba was like...

Part one of an interview with my father

Mrs. Matthews told me about her family’s cultural heritage including interesting stories about her ancestors. She also gave her perspective on immigration.

This is an interview between a teenager and her grandfather, in which he tells her about his early life and the moments and people who have helped shape him into the person he is today.

My grandmas life on recap

I Interviewed Marlania Kim, she immigrated from Argentina although her parents immigrated from South Korea. She came to America because her family thought the U.S would be better for there family because there it was a dictatorship and bad things...

We spoke about my moms upbringing and experience immigrating from Cuba to America.

Alex ask Leo, his father, about where he grew up and some questions about his life.

We talked about their life in Cuba and what were the difficulties they faced.

Learning about my Cuban heritage

We discussed all things photography! The questions were very useful to guide the experience.

Ninety-one year old Henry Raymont talks about his life and love with help from my mother, Wendy Marcus Raymont, who has Alzheimer’s disease. They live together in Mexico.

I asked my father questions about his father. I was never given the privilege to meet him as he passed away when my father was only 5 years old. Questions were asked about his relationship with his dad and what...

Claudia Sherman interviews her mother, Dr. Leticia Toledo Sherman about her life as an immigrant and how she never doubted her ability to succeed in her field of chemistry.

This recording was a follow up to the previous recording due to some technical difficulties. My mom spoke about her faith and some events in life where she doubted it. She also gave advice to my great great grandchildren.

My mom and I talk about her experience as an immigrant in the US and how it has changed her life.

Mike Suba Sr (82) describes his paternal lineage to his son Mike Suba Jr (62).

I interview my grandma on her life and the story of how she immigrated to America from Cuba. She faced many hardships in her childhood such as poverty and war but persevered and has made a great life for her...