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John Esaki (60) talks with his coworker and friend, Koji Steven Sakai (33), about their family backgrounds, their families’ experiences in Japanese American Internment Camps, redress and reparations, and the Japanese American National Museum.

Interview with dad about family

One Small Step conversation partners Coreen Campos (34) and Cherella Nicholson (37) talk about the personal experiences that brought them to their work, the importance of self-care in the nonprofit sector, and their hopes for Fresno.

This interview is about my grandma’s childhood, career, and traveling.

daughter (13) interviews mom (53). they talk about life and places in the world. they also talk about phones and phone restrictions.

On January 4th 2023, Luci Greisman (15) interviewed her grandmother, Alaina Braxton (68). Alaina Braxton was born in 1956 and during this interview, Alaina Braxton shared her love of travel, talked about immigrating to the United States from Ireland, and...

Mitzi (84) and Elliott Faye (83) talk to their granddaughter Poppy Gordon (29) about their family background. They then tell stories about their times living in Europe.

Once upon a time a young boy went through the stages of life: childhood, college, and being all grown up; however this same boy got to travel the world, become the resident advisor of his college dorm and work at...

The following interview was conducted by Megan McGinley. She interviewed her father Brendan McGinley on December 6, 2017 in their home living room in Evergreen Park, Illinois. Megan is a 16-year-old girl and a junior student at Mother McAuley High...

Janis Bell talks with her three daughters, Patti, Linda and Laura, about her childhood, attending seminary, and raising her daughters.

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.

From September 1968 to September 2018, stories of courtship, love, travel and advice. Neil and Kathleen Pope Hughes, long-time Washingtonians married for 50 years.

William Silva, 63, and his daughter, Laylah Silva, 38 talk about William’s life growing up coming back an d forth from Cuba to the United States, and their unconventional family.

Zand Bakhtiari (18) and his mother, Rosemary Bakhtiari (50), remember Rosemary’s father, Frank Firek, by recounting their favorite stories from his life.

Van and Joe met at the Chicken Salad Chick restaurant in Panama City, Florida to discuss Van's experiences in the Dougherty County Schools, the zoning of Dougherty County Schools in 1971 due to a desegregation lawsuit, Van's career and other...

Tammy Gomez interviews her mother Margie Gomez young life and her life now.

Evelyn tells stories about her love of the piano, her life running a store supported by the mob, and her perspective on herself as a queen.

One Small Step conversation partners Veronica (36) and Jenni (42) have a conversation about their backgrounds growing up and living in different places, their experiences living abroad in Italy, and their views on having diverse communities and perspectives in their...

My name is Irene (19). I am a student from Ginling College of Nanjing Normal University. My interviewee is my roommate, Cecilia (20). We had this interview about traveling in Nanjing, China, on June 21th.

Peter Singh (16) talks with his grandmother, Mercedes Luz (70) about her childhood and growing up in the Philippines. Mercedes discusses her time in Iran during the Iran Iraq war as a nurse in a military hospital. She traveled across...

This interview is between Raiven Vargas, 17, and her great grandmother, Anna Azran, 79. She recalls events from Raivens childhood and gives her feelings regarding family. They discuss how grateful they are for family, and Anna shares her wisdom. She...

Lawrence "Allen" Byrd lll (46) has a conversation with his mother and father, Connie Bruere Olson Byrd (77) and Lawrence "Larry" Allen Byrd, Jr., about their relationship, family memories, travel experiences, and connection to their children.