What it Means to Work Hard – An interview with my Dad

I sat down with my dad to talk about his life and how he grew up. He started from basically nothing and took advice from those of a greater intelligence and applied it to his life and has become very...

Interview for AP World History

Layla Abdo (15yrs old granddaughter) and Ibrahim Jalal (grandfather). Interview about Ibrahim Jalal’s life and the lessons he has learned.

My Father’s Story

Giselle Mustafa (17) interviews her father, Khalid Mustafa (59) to know more about his life as a Palestinian living in Chicago in the 1960s-1970s, his life moving to a whole new country, and his life now.

Alisha Rodriguez’s interview for StoryCorps,2017

In this recording, Alisha Rodriguez at Washington Junior High in Bentonville Arkansas, records an audio file for StoryCorps. Alisha is in seventh grade.

First semester of college

Derek (17) interviews his father, Dr Griffin (49) about his first semester in college.

How My Work and Education Has Shaped Me

In this interview, conducted in November of 2017 in Chicago, Illinois, Keyla Garcia (17) interviews her mother Karla Franco (45) about her experiences growing up in relation to school and work. Ms. Franco describes her time in school as a...

Step Father Interview

A short interview conducted with a hard working man who has raised me since I was 5 and has become a father to me

Setting Up A Future/Configurando Un Futuro
December 3, 2022 App Interview

It was not easy for the Saldivars to get to where they are today. Their story explains what they had to do to build a stable foundation not just for them, but for their children/grandchildren too.

Childhood memories and majors

Her childhood memories assisted her to double majors for her community

Interview

So like this is my mom because my grandparents don’t know how to use technology at all

Thanksgiving interveiw

Interview with Grandma about what were her fondest memories with her grandparents, her teenage years, and what she is most grateful for.

Looking For A Better Life

A 12 year old boy turns into a police officer. On December 31st Viviana Rodriguez asks her grandfather, Rafael Hernandez, what it was like to start working in such a young age and then eventually transition into being a police...

Lunch and interview with Yeye Nini (and the dogs)

I interviewed my grandparents from my dads side of the family after lunch with them. During the interview I found out what I was like in Taiwan 50 years ago.

Interview with grandpa

On December 10th Anabella Wade interviewed her grandfather Jorge Leyva. He lived in Tijuana and went to school learning English. In Tijuana he met his love juanita Leyva and moved to America and had 5 children.

My grandpa

The hardships of becoming something from nothing.

Brooke interviews her grandad Bo about his life.

In this interview, conducted in November 2021, Bo (77)talks with his granddaughter, Brooke (13), about his childhood, jobs, life lessons, and wife. He tells about how he gained confidence and how important hard work is. He shares the story of...

Frank McGurgan

Francis McGurgan recounts his life growing up in Pittsburgh working in a bakery in high school. Life as an executive manager in ARA Skychefs, traveling across the USA for his job and after retirement.