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This is a compilation of several stories about my great grandma, Sylvia Oscar. She was a stubborn, tough woman who sometimes made funny mistakes.

I interviewed my granny about her childhood and how things such as the Civil Rights Movement and poverty affected her education and childhood to now.

An interview regarding immigration, struggle, and hard-work.

A convert put school and social circles in the sixties.

In this interview, conducted November 23, 2018 in Queens, New York, Arib Chowdhury interviews his mother Momota about her childhood and her greatest influencer. Momota shares about her school life and fun trips she took with her family. She also...

We talk about childhood, persistence, and education.

This interview was done with my mother who grew up in the Jim Crow Era. She was more than glad to give me feedback on everything that happened during that time.

A story of how my 100 year old grandma experienced anti-semitism and discrimination as she moved throughout the United States and the world.

My dad answers questions about his life as a parent.

This interview is on the six month anniversary of the day Barb was first admitted to the hospital with a rare illness, HSV encephalitis, which is an acute viral infection in the brain. Overcoming the life-threatening illness was only the...

Born one of seven in World War Two Germany, Emil (Mike) Kropf speaks about his life—his experience coming to America, being drafted in the U.S. army, meeting the love of his life on a train and coming back to raise...

My grandmother and I talked about her life in Vietnam before the Vietnam War. Then we talked about how it impacted her life and how she came to live in the Philippines.

Jon talks about his time in the Navy, Navy reserves and the Olympics

Discussion with two professional women who were raised in New York.

The older sister of 3 girls, talking about experiences and life,how she believed in herself in order to become a future microbiologist,one of the biggest role model in my life, and a successful future scientist,is wonderful how advice from a...

In this interview, conducted in November 2018 in Lafayette, NJ, Myra is discussing her memories from her childhood and how her life changed once meeting her husband Carmen. She talks about the struggles of being financially unstable in her childhood,...

This interview was conducted November 26, 2018 in Chicago, Illinois. Natalia Beltran (16) interviewed her mom, Erica Avila (36) about her childhood in Humboldt Park and how living in such a troubled neighborhood shaped her into the woman she is...

I talk with my grandparents on how they first met and what they’re most thankful for.

In this interview we talk a lot about lessons learned in her life. Not backing down, learing to keep control and respecting family are all really big factors in her life today. We talk about Iris Hills, a dance class...

My Grandma Pat is 81 at the time of this interview. Also heard in the interview is my mom. Grandma Pat tells her story of what she’s thankful for, how she wants to be remembered, and her story of motherhood....

I interviewed my mom, who like my dad, was an immigrant to America from Nigeria. She talks about the experience of being an immigrant and also living in America for a long time. Despite the label of "immigrant", you'd also...

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I am an 18 year old college student interviewing my mother, Audrey Coulbourn, regarding how the music industry has evolved over the past 50 years.

It was hard raising two kids as a single mom.

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