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My mom described her first experience living in the United States emigrating from the Philippines in comparison to her childhood there.

Asking about her immigration

I talked with my Nonna about her life in Italy, what is was like to immigrate to NY and raise a family here, and tried to solicite life advice from her.

This is an interview with Nasir Shamsi about growing up in Pakistan and immigrating to the United States.

Adelina talks to her grandmother about immigration and the hardships of leaving a large family behind

John Lizarraga (63) and his wife Lynn Lizarraga (64) discuss their upbringings, how they both became educators and how they met.

We talked about his career mostly and how he succeeded as an immigrant.

Grandma Edith talks about her childhood in Brooklyn in 1950s and her reflections on her family.

We talked about my mom’s childhood and how she ended up where she is today.

Julia Portal (74) talks with her niece, Danielle Portal (15) about migrating to the United States from Peru

The immigration of a woman from China. (Interview is in Mandarin)

Katie O'Connell (22) interviews her grandmother Mary Kennedy (73) about her life and becoming a mother and grandmother.

This interview is about how my dad and his family immigrated to the United States of America.

Marie Reynolds (66) talks with her son, Pierre-Richard Eustache (36), about her experience growing up as immigrant from Haiti.

In this interview, conducted in November 2017 in New Hyde Park ,New York,Sunny Liu (16) interviews his father Yong Hua Liu (82) about his life in both China and America. Yong Hua Liu shares stories about life as a child...

We spoke about Ginette’s time in France, her travel to America, and important people in her life.

This is an interview on Kirt shepherd revolving how he moved here the challenges he faced how hard it was to become a citizen and just how did he come to America

Pedro Damasceno (17) speaks to Michael (Mike) DelPercio (99). Interview hosted by Pine Crest’s Photography Club at the Willowood Brookdale resident center on August 9th, 2017. Mike shares the story of his life; New York, the Navy, and love. c/o...

Henry McCoy (59) sits down with his mother-in-law, Margaret Black (85), to ask about her and her sisters' adventures in "show biz."

We begin with my mother's childhood, then her career in PR before meeting my father, their relationship, struggles in having Jiming (my brother), as well as me and my younger sister Kelly, and her experience(s) immigrating to the US.

Edward Medina (18) talks to Sofia Xique (36) about her origins. Mostly about how life was in Mexico. But also how her life changed while in the US.

These interview discusses Takako Kusayanagi’s first experiences when she came to the U.S. in 1979 and after. She arrived in New York, flew to Washington D.C. and from there to Terre Haut, Indiana where she completed her undergraduate studies at...

Antonia’s journey to the United States, she shares her early childhood in Mexico and her young adulthood in New York.

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...

The life of an immigrant from Cuba moving to the United States at age 11. How difficult life was with all the change. The hardships of a lifetime.