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In this interview, William Lee explores his life during the Great Depression and in the army during World War 2.

Her life

So this was an interview for thanksgiving, but since thanksgiving is such a big deal in my family with my relatives there wasn’t much time to interview someone and record them. Adding to the fact that for some of my...

This interview is about the experience of Daniel and Sergio, two high school students, coming to the United States.

We discussed her Italian history, along with her trip and life in the United States. She also told me about Italian traditions and which of those she still uses today.

My Grandpa describes his experiences at war and his history.

Its about where my grandparents came from and the world war that my great grandparents.

Richard (50) and Kim (45) interviewed Dorothy (88) about her life through the years as well as some of the highlights and challenges.

Experiences and opinions about being an immigrant

In this interview, conducted on Thanksgiving, 2015 in a suburb of Cleveland, Dylan Caine (16) asks his mother, Shelly Pesick-Caine (56), about her quintessentially American upbringing in the suburbs of Detroit. Born into a caring and hardworking family of six,...

Nadia Ardah tells her story of growing up in Afghanistan and having to leave it due to the invasion of Soviets. She explains her story of leaving her once beloved country and traveling across the world to America.

I interview my grandmother.

A recognized refugee in Cyprus tells his story about how he ended up in this tiny island country just 100 km away from his hometown in Syria.

My interview with my father who bravely served two deployments in the Iraq War.

Renee Cirimelli recounts her childhood while under German duress, her transition into American culture, and how she met her husband in the United States.

Dr. Warren Minami, National Japanese American Memorial Foundation (NJAMF) Chair Emeritus, recounts his early life experience at the Gila River, Arizona incarceration camp and its impact on him and his family, including their later involvement with Asian American causes. Unedited...

During this interview we talked about not being perfect, but finding perfection in that inperfection.

My family is a family of immigrants from Kenya. Both of them had a lot of siblings and I became really interested in talking to them about what their childhoods were like and hearing stories from then. We talk about...

I talked to both of my parents about their views on culture and how my mom felt when she came to this country.

A story about a man and his life as an American citizen.

Margaret Lim speaks about her experience immigrating from Indonesia to the United States.

My family’s history.

This interview discusses the back story to the life of a dentist in the navy that lived during the Cuban Missle Crisis

My dad and I discuss what it was like growing up with immigrant parents.

My uncle and I discuss they different parts of his life that carried different amounts of meaning and purpose