Questions for a Pakistani-American

33 years ago, my father made the biggest step of his life and moved to the United States of America from Pakistan at the age of 17. Here is the story of his high and low moments as well as...

Growing up in California with Immigrant Parents

Speaking to Alicia Soto about her childhood growing up in California with Immigrant parents. This was recorded in Orange California in April 23, 2020. Alicia is 44 who came to the United Stated when she was 3 and tells her...

Mema and Pepa’s Immigration

My grandmother, Mema, tells about her immigration to the United States. She tells stories about her life before arriving to the United States. She also talks about her children as they grew up.

New Beginning

learning the struggles of moving to the u.s from an immigrant

Jessica Patel – Nilesh & Anita

Jessica interviews her parents about their lives before and after immigrating to America from India

From Russia/Ukraine to Cleveland

My dad’s coming to America was not as easy as I once thought. My dad, his parents, and his grandparents all immigrated from Russia/Ukraine to Cleveland, Ohio in the year 1997 because they were exiled. I’ve never heard this story...

Interviewing Pio Hernández

I asked my father about his childhood, growing up with his parents in a small farm and a small town, then making his way to the US where he would start a new chapter in his life.

Mama actually goes to California

Mama Miller shares her experience of moving with her husband from the East coast to southern California.

Interview with Shunping Yeh

In this my mother and I discuss our family’s roots and our future.

Home (Ireland) to the great “Land of Opportunity”

Nora Collins visited her aunt, Marian this Thanksgiving in Mountain Home Arkansas. In this interview conducted on November 23, 2018, they discussed Marian and her family’s immigration story to the New York City area from rural Kerry, Ireland. They also...

Elaina Pusz interview’s her grandmother, Elaine Mirzoyan about her immigration to America.

In this interview Elaine Mirzoyan talked about growing up in Russia, and how she became an American citizen.

Stop Iran

“I would see stop signs and below the word stop it would say Iran”. On 1/6/19, in Los Angeles, Ani Adell interviewed her mom, Megan Adell, about her leaving her home in Iran and coming to America, and how being...

An Honorable Pakistani-American Engineer Life

Basically, I interview my 50 year old father who had travelled to America from Pakistan through striving for success and excelling in academics in Pakistan attending the top Engineering school there. He gives important lessons on how one can achieve...

Aunt

Interview is about someone who came to the U.S. as an immigrant.

Interview With My Father

My dad talks about his experiences and memories around the time of the Vietnam War, with having to flee the country, and eventually reaching America. He experienced hardships in America too as he had to learn the language and create...

Laszlo Moving to America

Laszlo Pinter talking about his life before, after, and during his immigration from the Soviet Union during a state of Socialism to America during the Vietnam War and the Civil Rights discussion. He describes the struggles of moving to a...

Aunt 4

We talked about her life as a refugee after the Vietnam War and how she had to travel place by place to survive. She started off in Vietnam, where her poor family had to let her go. She then left...

A heartwarming interview with my Vovo

I interviewed my grandmother from my mother's side. I asked her some questions about her life, why she immigrated to the United States in 1988, and what she was thankful for Thanksgiving.

Family History: Tracing Back with Sophie and Linda

Sophie Haward interviewed her mum Linda Haward about family history in New Hope, PA. They discuss both sides of our family and their origins. One, in Eastern Europe, who journeyed to England in the Victorian era after religious discrimination. They...

Family Roots

This interview was about my father’s life and how he was an immigrant and how he came to the United States of America